Bathsheba Second Samuel Summary Chapter 11
“Second Samuel” chapter 11 begins with David sending off his messenger, Joab, while David stayed in Jerusalem. David decided to go onto the king’s roof where he saw a beautiful woman bathing, and found out who she was, Bathsheba. He sent messengers to take Bathsheba and once she arrived he took her to bed, and impregnated her. David once again sent Joab to bring back Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, to have sex with Bathsheba to cover up the pregnancy, but it failed. David then, wrote a letter to put Uriah front line to die, which worked and David was able to marry Bathsheba after she was done mourning. Sakenfeld arguments two different questions on how David was able to see Bathsheba bathing and how she ‘came’ to David. The first argument of how David was able to see Bathsheba, explains how Bathsheba was not careful and was being immodest or even purposely attracting David. I do not agree with this argument because it coincides closely with the issue of rape in today’s society, in which people tend to look at the victim’s clothing saying she should not wear revealing clothes because it provokes/distracts ‘men.’ This idea of shaming the victim and allowing the lust of men to be superior can also be seen in this passage, because David sent his messengers to
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Sakenfeld uses her example of walking through a garden of Manila and encountered a man bathing (somewhat secluded area), but she kept moving and tried not to stared. I saw the connection Sakenfeld was trying to make in the sense that Bathsheba was simply trying to bath (did not know she would be seen) and David could have looked away. This argument still relates back to my viewpoint on the issue of rape, because the victim did not do anything wrong it was the rapist who decided to act with power. This leads to the second main argument, how exactly Bathsheba ‘came’ to
Sakenfeld uses her example of walking through a garden of Manila and encountered a man bathing (somewhat secluded area), but she kept moving and tried not to stared. I saw the connection Sakenfeld was trying to make in the sense that Bathsheba was simply trying to bath (did not know she would be seen) and David could have looked away. This argument still relates back to my viewpoint on the issue of rape, because the victim did not do anything wrong it was the rapist who decided to act with power. This leads to the second main argument, how exactly Bathsheba ‘came’ to