439 David, Bathsheba, Uriah, Joab and Nathan We will again reopen the question : based on David’s walk on the palace roof in the evening , does Bathsheba intentionally devise a plot to provoke David to marry her ? Realistic considerations do not support a positive hypothesis . Bathsheba’s bathing takes place at the evening and a distance away from the palace in the house of Uriah and Bathsheba . The conditions of time and place are not advantageous for a clear view . Moreover, Bathsheba’s status as a married woman to one of the king’s high - ranking officers hinders both her and David from having an affair or marrying . It would be dangerous for both parties to take such a risk . A . D . Westbrook ( 2015 : 124 ) raises another argument : Bathsheba has no interest in breaking her current marital high status for an affair with the king, just so that she can be another wife or concubine in the palace harem ( see 5 : 12 ; 12 : 5 – 12 ; 15 : 15 ) . Does Bathsheba ignore all the improbabilit...
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