The next “unlikely” woman on Jesus’ human family tree – as listed in Matthew chapter 1 – is Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah the Hittite and the mother of Solomon. Why was Bathsheba having a bath in sight of the palace? Why did King David succumb to temptation? Who murdered Uriah, and why? And how come, after all this, Bathsheba still gets to figure on the list?
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