And I could never shake off the wonder as to why Bathsheba would be bathing on the roof.
At Bible study last week, Daniel pointed out something so obvious that I had never noticed before.
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing...
David saw her from the roof, but that doesn't mean she was actually on the roof.
And that made a lot more sense.
He had a bird's eye view. Even if she were bathing in her backyard (which she most likely was, considering there was no plumbing back then), it would be quite difficult to hide from David's view. She wasn't actually trying to seduce him. At least I don't think she was.
I had a look at a few different translations and they all said David saw her from the roof. It didn't specify that she was actually on the roof.
How in the world did I get the idea that she was bathing on the roof?!?!
The Bible verse and various translations can be found here.
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