For our first wedding anniversary, my husband and I took a short trip. During that trip, we went to Sight and Sound and got to see another show. Now I have a goal to see all of them!

This time, we got to see David…and let me tell you, I think it might be my favorite above Queen Esther (although to be a fair comparison, I would want to see them back-to-back). 

Sight and Sound did a very good job of showing David’s strength, his worship for God – and then his downfall. It showed what happened when David stopped putting God before his own desires – and then enters Bathsheba. Sight and Sound pictured her as someone who didn’t want what had happened to her, and that was a point I had never stopped to consider. I wanted to go to the Bible to see what it said on the matter – if it said anything at all. 

2 Samuel chapter 11 tells us what happened:

“And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her;”

– 2 Samuel 11:2-4a 

There’s a word there about how David and Bathsheba got together, and that word is took. This same, original Hebrew word is used 6 other times in the old testament (1). 

“But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.”

– Genesis 8:9

“And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.”

– Genesis 38:2

“And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.”

– Judges 15:15

“And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.”

– 2 Samuel 3:15

From the other verses that use the same word, I’m not sure that the word took involves a ton of consent from the other party. 

When Nathan confronts David about his sin, he gives David a story about a man who took another man’s sheep and used it for his own purpose (2 Samuel 12:1-5). Given the story that Nathan uses to get his point across to David, it doesn’t look too good.

Now, the Bible doesn’t say Bathsheba went kicking and screaming – she could have, but we have no idea. We do know that David got what he wanted (and did repent and pay for his sin), and he likely used his power as a tool to get Bathsheba. So I think Sight and Sound approached this topic well. 

Overall, the giants were amazing, the setting and the characters were great – I would 100% go to see David again – I was engrossed every second!

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Source: 

1. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/vaiyikkacheha_3947.htm 

All scripture taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version.