1Ki 1:17 | KingComments | STEP | The hearts of Bathsheba and Nathan are one. What one says, the other does. There is unity in speaking and acting. Bathsheba does what Nathan has suggested. She goes to the old David, who doesn’t even seem to be able to get off his bed anymore. She approaches him with the appropriate acknowledgment that he is her ‘lord’ (cf. ). When David asks her what she wishes, she speaks to him the words the prophet Nathan told her. She reminds him of what he promised her with regard to her son Solomon and calls him to account regarding his responsibility toward the people.

‏ 1 Kings 1:17

Bathsheba With David

The hearts of Bathsheba and Nathan are one. What one says, the other does. There is unity in speaking and acting. Bathsheba does what Nathan has suggested. She goes to the old David, who doesn’t even seem to be able to get off his bed anymore. She approaches him with the appropriate acknowledgment that he is her ‘lord’ (cf. 1Pet 3:6a).

When David asks her what she wishes, she speaks to him the words the prophet Nathan told her. She reminds him of what he promised her with regard to her son Solomon and calls him to account regarding his responsibility toward the people.