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And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him. — 2 Samuel xii, 24.
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In the Talmud, for example, he corresponds with Ashmedai, a far less malevolent character than the Asmodeus of Tobit, although his desires are focused on Solomon's wives and Bath-sheba.
Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007
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What four interesting wayward women were Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bath-sheba.
Jesus' Family Values 2006
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The fourth female Bath-sheba was the married ebony beauty that king David used to love to spy on from the rooftops while she took her bath.
Jesus' Family Values 2006
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And David and Bath-sheba were married, but surely, as they stood by the cradle of the little boy who died, the cold hands of the valiant, betrayed Uriah must often have pushed them asunder, and a dark shadow born of their guilty hearts must have passed between them and the child.
Fair to Look Upon Mary Belle Freeley
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Bath-sheba, when imprudently and too freely exposed in her bath?
The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy
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And there was a woman whose name was Bath-sheba, and she was very beautiful.
Fair to Look Upon Mary Belle Freeley
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Bath-sheba, flattered by the preference of the mighty King, allured by imperial grandeur and enticed by royal appeals, tried to forget the husband, who was off to the wars and away, and who had in the first flush of youth won her by his love, his "brow of truth" and a soul untouched by sin -- but the King -- the King, the pomp and the power!
Fair to Look Upon Mary Belle Freeley
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Instead of striking Satan, it glanced off and broke a wicker screen which hid Bath-sheba combing her hair.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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Among David's courtiers and attendants, a prominent place is occupied by his counsellor Ahithophel, (60) with whom the king was connected by family ties, Bath-sheba being his granddaughter.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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