However, in 1 Chronicles the names are very different: Bathsheba is called Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel in 1 Chronicles 3:5. The first son died before he could be named. WebNow king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges concurs: Much of the Psalm is sufficiently appropriate to Davids circumstances to account for its having been regarded as an expression of his feelings at that bitter crisis: but a closer examination makes it difficult, if not impossible, to suppose that it was actually written by him. 3 David sent someone and inquired about the woman. So says the Benson Commentary (emphasis ours): Not half so long as men ordinarily live, and as they, by the course of nature, might have lived, and as they themselves expected to live, but shall be cut off by Gods just judgment, by an untimely and violent death.[52]. Hehehe, you guys are really funny. Ali Al-Ridha got upset and said: "Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un, you assign sluggishness in prayer to the prophet of God, and then accuse him of unchastity, and then charge him with the murder of an innocent man!" Based on this seemingly contradictory information, let us follow the conservative route, as always, and assume that Solomon was around 20 years old at the time of his ascension. King David The estimation of Bathshebas age is indeed based primarily on the interpretation of Psalm 55, and especially verse 23 (see objection #2 below). At the time of Absaloms revolt he deserted David (Psalms 41:9 ; 55:12-14). She was especially loyal to her son Solomon, making sure he followed David as king, even though Solomon was not David's firstborn son. Even if the psalm itself did not refer to Ahithophel, the verse could still be applied to him, as he was a bloody and deceitful man (from Davids perspective) whose life was violently cut short. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. This view was based on the Quran, which states regarding the orphans who have not reached the marriageable age (emphasis ours): And do not give the weak-minded your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them with it and clothe them and speak to them words of appropriate kindness. bloody and deceitful mendo not come up to. I do not suffer from any misguided hope that all Christians will accept the facts presented in this article. How[c] could I go home and eat, drink, and have sex with my wife? I believe that you have misunderstood my comment. Yes, we do believe that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a role-model for all times. Why would the author of 2 Samuel have mentioned Eliam in passing on two different occasions and yet have meant them to be two different people and not clarify it, especially since Bathsheba was the daughter of one Eliam, whereas another Eliam was part of Davids elite military unit? Morris Jastrow, Jr., Morris et al. Sons of David