How old is Bathsheba age with affair to king david?

Answer 1

David was born 1061BC and died 971BC. These dates are known and definite dates because:-

(1). The date of the completion of the Temple by Solomon in 974BC has been positively dated and cross-correlated by scholars because it is also mentioned in the records of contemporary civilizations;

(2). It is known that this took 20 years to complete (ie in 967BC):-

1Ki 9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the ...house of the LORD [ie Temple].....

(3). It is known that this was in the fourth year of Solomon's reign ie that he became king in 970BC:-

1Ki 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

(4). His father David died very soon after Solomon became king (ie 970BC).

(5). According to Josephus, David was 70 when he died, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 33 years, (and also died there) which means he began ruling from Jerusalem in 1003BC.

1Ki 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

(6). David was in Jerusalem when he saw Bathsheba :-

2Sa 11:2-3 KJV 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. [v. 3] And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

(7). David committed adultery with Bathsheba but she became pregnant, so he had her husband (Uriah the Hittite) killed, and Nathan the prophet confronted David:-

2Sa 12:9-10 KJV Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. [v.10] Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

(8). Nathan told him their child (ie not a baby) would die:-

2Sa 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

(v.18) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

To stress the point, it is said 5 times in two verses that it is a child of at least one year old, and perhaps a toddler but not a baby.

(9). Assuming that this happened just after David began ruling from Jerusalem means the earliest possible date for the birth of the child would be 1001BC .

(10). The latest possible date for the birth of the child would be one or two years before Solomon was born:-

2Sa 12:22, 24 KJV And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? ... [v.24] And David comforted Bathsheba 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.

(11). Solomon's birth date is unknown, and it is not known how old he was when he became king, but the parameters can be made. David told him to behave "like a man", implying he wasn't (he could have still been a teenager):-

1Ki 2:1-2 MKJV And the days of David drew near for him to die. And he charged Solomon his son, saying, [v. 2] I go the way of all the earth. And you be strong and show yourself a man.

(12). Assuming he was only 14 and adding a year for his mother's pregnancy would make the latest possible date for his conception 986BC.

(13). This puts the year of David's marriage to Bathsheba somewhere in the range between 1000BC and 986BC.

Although it depends on assumptions being made, it makes the year of David's marriage to Bathsheba somewhere in the range between 1000BC and 986BC. However, if you made it 990BC it couldn't be far out, and no-body can prove you wrong!

Answer 2

NOTE: I apologise for not reading the question correctly. You asked for Bathsheba's age, not David's. That is something I believe we have far less evidence for deducing her age so I am unable to answer this without further research.

I don't know exactly, but I'll try to establish some minimum and maximum possible ranges.


Minimum:

1. David was 30 when he became king (2Sa 5:4) [30]
2. David reigned in Hebron 7.5 years before coming to Jerusalem (2Sa 5:5) [37]
3. David was walking on the palace roof (which was in Jerusalem) (2Sa 11:2). Solomon's palace took 13 years to build (1Ki 7:1), temple took 7 years (with David's extensive preparation) (1Ki 6:38). David's may well have taken less time. Guess 5-10 years between becoming king in Jerusalem and having a palace roof to walk on. [42 - 47]

This is really the minimum age if we assume the siege of Rabbah occurred immediately after the place was completed. This is not necessarily an unreasonable assumption as David was clearly not at the battle and the law made provision for those who just obtained a house to miss army duties for a time (Deut 20:5). This may be a reason for David's absence from battle.


Maximum (working backwards):

1. David ceased to be king when he was 70. [70]
2. Some events occurred between the suppression of Absalom's coup and the end of David's reign. (Some of these may be out of chronology so may not actually be after the coup). Guess a minimum of 5 years [65]:
   
   1. Rebellion of Sheba son of Bicri (2Sa 20)
   2. Avenging of the Gibeonites (2Sa 21) (Preceded by 3 years of famine - v.1)
   3. Further wars (2Sa 21:15-22)
   4. Numbering of fighting men (2Sa 24)
   5. David's illness (1Ki 1:1-6)
   6. Adonijah's rebellion (1Ki 1)
3. Absalom's wooing of the people - 4 years (2Sa 15:7 - AV incorrectly translates 40 years) [61]
4. Preceded by Absalom in Jerusalem without seeing David for 2 years (2Sa 14:28) [59]
5. Preceded by Absalom being exiled in Geshur for 3 years (2Sa 13:38) [56]
6. Preceded by 2 years between Amnon's rape of Tamar to Absalom killing him (2Sa 13:23) [54]
   1. Conception to birth of first child - 9 months
   2. Conception to birth of Solomon - 9 months
7. Smallest possible time between adultery and birth of Solomon - 1.5 years [52.5]

It is possible that the rape of Tamar overlapped one of Bathsheba's pregnancies but this only shaves, at most, two years off these figures.


Both directions point to pretty similar ages which suggest that David was 50 +- a few years.


I hope this answers your questions.


Aaron

Answer 3

Actually, Bathsheba did not sin, only King David. Bathsheba was not married and was not lusting after King David. King David on the other hand, was married and was lusting after Bathsheba while she was in the bath.

Answer 4

The Bible does not record their age. They were both married. David had multiple wives already, and Bathsheba was married to Uriah Bathsheba was uncovered (bathing) within sight of the palace, and should have known the king was not at battle with her husband. Thus, she does share some fault. When Bathsheba was called, she may not have known why she was called, and, when you are called by the king, you come! It is the law, enforced by the sword. David clearly was wrong in lusting, coveting his neighbor's wife, and then trying to cover his sin by having her husband spend a night at home. This failed, so he had him murdered instead.

Answer 5

It doesn't say in the Torah that I know of.

Answer 6

he died very soon after he was born, their second son was Solomon and he went on to rule Israel

Answer 7

The child born to Bath-sheba soon died, even though David fasted and mourned over the sick child for seven days. (2Samuel 12:15-23)

Answer 8

Two

Answer 9

Between 7 and 8 year's of age old.