The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ … and David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah … and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary to whom Jesus was born… Matthew 1:1a & 6b,16 ESV1
Read 2 Samuel 11:1-26, 12:1-25, 1 Kings 1:5-53
Bathsheba, Jesus’ 25th Great Grandmother, was the beautiful wife of Uriah the Hittite. Uriah was one of the leading men in David’s band of the toughest military warriors who were credited with heroic feats. They fought next to David during the years Saul was trying to kill him and were an invaluable part of David’s army during the time he was king. These men fought bloody battles and did amazing, almost crazy, deeds like single-handedly taking out 300 men with only one spear, killing lions barehanded, and snatching spears out of the hands of 7 1/2 foot-tall enemies. (See 1 Chronicles 11 and 2 Samuel 23).
Because Bathsheba was married to such a wild man, I doubt she was a mousy, little woman who was afraid of her own shadow. We don’t know when Uriah and Bathsheba wed. We don’t know if Uriah was with David for the entire 8 years David was hunted by Saul. But if Bathsheba was with Uriah even part of that time, she could have lived on the run for years finding shelter in caves. She could have had her home burned and been temporarily captured (see 1 Samuel 21-31). A wife of a wild man would have had a wild life. True, opposites do attract, but my guess is Bathsheba was as rugged as she was beautiful.