The Big Story | Bathsheba & Mary: Faithfulness Through the Broken and the Beautiful
2 Samuel 11:1–5 / Matthew 1:16–17 | ~8 min
Matthew names three women by name — and then refers to the fourth only as "Uriah's wife." That choice is deliberate. Today we look at what the text actually says about Bathsheba, why Matthew protects her rather than blames her, and how the genealogy's careful grammar at verse 16 signals that something unprecedented is happening with Mary.
Key takeaways:
The detail in 2 Samuel 11:4 was meant to establish that the child was David's and that Bathsheba was following Torah — the text defends her; Matthew's phrasing keeps the spotlight on David's failure…
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