Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 ), was the daughter of Eliam ( 2 Samuel 11:3 ) or Ammiel ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 ), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her ( 2 Samuel 11:4,5 ; Psalm 51:1 ). The child born in adultery died ( 2 Samuel 12:15-19 ). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of ( Song of Solomon 12:24 ; 1 Kings 1:11 ; 2:13 ). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne ( 1 Kings 1:11,16-21 ).
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