Out of Darkness – Exodus Invitation and Introduction

Posted on January 5, 2024 by dkoop

You’re invited to our new  message series, “Out of Darkness” from the book of Exodus!

Description:  Would you like to know God better? Exodus is the account of Moses, a burning bush, a stubborn Pharaoh, Ten Plagues, deliverance from slavery, Ten Commandments, a Golden Calf and God’s continual guidance and presence with His people. These are not only powerful events but teach us important truths for today.  From the book of Exodus, we will learn together how God calls, equips, delivers and directs His people and that He is always with us!  Join us in our new series “Out of Darkness.”

Dates                      Titles (Topic/Scripture)                        Events

Jan. 7 – God is in Control (Birth of Moses- Ex. 1-2)
Jan. 14 – God’s Call (Burning Bush-Ex. 3-4)

Jan. 21 – God’s Deliverance (Passover Ex 12.)                  Communion

Jan. 28 – God’s Direction (Ten Commandments Ex 20)
Feb. 4 –God’s Presence (Pillar of Fire Ex. 40)

Introduction to Exodus

Flee, leave… take off—these words sound good to those trapped or enslaved. Some resist their marching orders, however, preferring present surroundings to a new, unknown environment. It’s not easy to trade the comfortable security of the known for an uncertain future. But what if God gives the order to move? Will we follow his lead? Exodus describes a series of God’s calls and the responses of his people. Four hundred years had passed since Joseph moved his family to Egypt. These descendants of Abraham had now grown to over two million strong. To Egypt’s new pharaoh, the Hebrews were foreigners, and their numbers were frightening. Pharaoh decided to make them slaves so they wouldn’t upset his balance of power. As it turned out, that was his biggest mistake, for God then came to the rescue of his people.

Through a series of strange events, a Hebrew boy named Moses became a prince in Pharaoh’s palace and then an outcast in a wilderness land. God visited Moses in the mysterious flames of a burning bush, and, after some discussion, Moses agreed to return to Egypt to lead God’s people out of slavery. Pharaoh was confronted, and through a cycle of plagues and promises made and broken, Israel was torn from his grasp.

Mobilizing this mass of humanity was no easy task, but they marched out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and into the wilderness behind Moses and the pillars of cloud and fire. Despite continual evidence of God’s love and power, the people complained and began to yearn for their days in Egypt. God provided for their physical and spiritual needs with food and a place to worship, but he also judged their disobedience and unbelief. Then in the dramatic Sinai meeting with Moses, God gave his laws for right living.

God led Moses and the nation of Israel, and he wants to lead us as well. Is he preparing you, like Moses, for a specific task? He will be with you; obey and follow. Is he delivering you from an enemy or a temptation? Trust him, and do what he says. Have you heard his clear moral directions? Read, study, and obey his Word. Is he calling you to true worship? Discover God’s presence in your life, in your home, and in the body of assembled believers. Exodus is the exciting story of God’s guidance. Read with the determination to follow God wherever he leads.

Vital Statistics

Purpose: To record the events of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and development as a nation

Author: Moses

Original Audience: The people of Israel

Date Written: 1450-1410 B.C., approximately the same as Genesis

Where Written: In the wilderness during Israel’s wanderings, somewhere in the Sinai peninsula

Setting: Egypt. God’s people, once highly favored in the land, are now slaves. God is about to set them free.

Key Verses: “Then the Lord told him, ‘I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering…. Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt'” (3:7, 10).

Key People: Moses, Miriam, Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s daughter, Jethro, Aaron, Joshua, Bezalel

Key Places: Egypt, Goshen, Nile River, Midian, Red Sea, Sinai peninsula, Mount Sinai

Special Features: Exodus relates more miracles than any other Old Testament book and is noted for containing the Ten Commandments.

The Blueprint

  1. ISRAEL IN EGYPT (1:1-12:30)
    1. Slavery in Egypt
    2. God chooses Moses
    3. God sends Moses to Pharaoh
    4. Plagues strike Egypt
    5. The Passover

    When the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, God heard their cries and rescued them. We can be confident that God still hears the cries of his people. Just as he delivered the Israelites from their captors, he delivers us from sin, death, and evil.

  2. ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS (12:31-18:27)
    1. The Exodus
    2. Crossing the sea
    3. Complaining in the wilderness

    After crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites became quarrelsome and discontent. Like the Israelites, we find it easy to complain and be dissatisfied. Christians still have struggles, but we should never allow difficulties and unpleasant circumstances to turn us away from trusting God.

  3. ISRAEL AT SINAI (19:1-40:38)
    1. Giving the law
    2. Tabernacle instructions
    3. Breaking the law
    4. Tabernacle construction

    God revealed his law to the Israelites at Sinai. Through the law, they learned more about what God is like and how he expected his people to live. The law is still instructional for us, for it exposes our sin and shows us God’s standard for living.

Megathemes
THEME EXPLANATION IMPORTANCE
Slavery During the Israelites 400-year stay in the land of Egypt, they became enslaved to the Egyptians. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, oppressed them cruelly. They prayed to God for deliverance from this situation. Like the Israelites, we need both human and divine leadership to escape from the slavery of sin. After their escape, the memory of slavery helped the Israelites learn to treat others generously. We need to stand against those who oppress others.
Rescue/ Redemption God rescued Israel through the leader Moses and through mighty miracles. The Passover celebration was an annual reminder of their escape from slavery. God delivers us from the slavery of sin. Jesus Christ celebrated the Passover with his disciples at the Last Supper and then went on to rescue us from sin by dying in our place.
Guidance God guided Israel out of Egypt by using the plagues, Moses’ heroic courage, the miracle of the Red Sea, and the Ten Commandments. God is a trustworthy guide. Although God is all-powerful and can do miracles, he normally leads us by wise leadership and team effort. His Word gives us the wisdom to make daily decisions and govern our lives.
Ten Commandments God’s law system had three parts. The Ten Commandments were the first part, containing the absolutes of spiritual and moral life. The civil law was the second part, giving the people rules to manage their lives. The ceremonial law was the third part, showing them patterns for building the Tabernacle and for regular worship. God was teaching Israel the importance of choice and responsibility. When they obeyed the conditions of the law, he blessed them; if they forgot or disobeyed, he punished them or allowed calamities to come. Many great countries of the world base their laws on the moral system set up in the book of Exodus. God’s moral law is valid today.
The Nation God founded the nation of Israel to be the source of truth and salvation to all the world. His relationship to his people was loving yet firm. The Israelites had no army, schools, governors, mayors, or police when they left Egypt. God had to instruct them in their constitutional laws and daily practices. He showed them how to worship and how to have national holidays. Israel’s newly formed nation had all the behavioral characteristics of Christians today. We are often disorganized, sometimes rebellious, and sometimes victorious. God’s Person and Word are still our only guides. If our churches reflect his leadership, they will be effective in serving him.

 

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Source: Life Application Study Bible, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1988), WORDsearchCROSS e-book, 94-96.

 

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God Will Surprise Us (Joseph) – Matthew 1: 20-25

Posted on December 20, 2023 by dkoop

Has God surprised you lately?  Joseph went from experiencing one of the hardest times in his life to receiving from God the most surprising news ever.

 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.  Matthew 1:20

Wow!  Joseph went to sleep being weighed down with an excruciating decision to being visited with a surprising and life changing message from God.

Don’t be afraid: the very words spoken to Mary by the Angel Gabriel. Why would they have been afraid of a heavenly being? As one writer puts it, a visit from an angel was extraordinary. “The biblical authors’ use of angelos when recounting angelic appearances indicates that a chief task of these supernatural creatures is to bring a message from on high.”

Even before Christ’s birth was proclaimed to shepherds, three people in the preceding year are known to have heard from angels: Zechariah, Joseph, and Mary.

Each person heard a very special but also unbelievable message. The news would have been hard to swallow if a mere man had delivered it. But a “supernatural” being delivered a supernatural message.

The angel’s message to Joseph is obvious at one level. Stay with Mary; this is a special child. She did not commit adultery. At a deeper level, he also connected Joseph with an Old Testament prophecy by addressing him as the “son of David.”

Joseph’s father was Jacob, according to Matthew 1:16, and he was descended from the line of David.  Had Joseph forgotten who he was in the middle of his problems?  Are you surprised sometimes that you are loved by God and His child?

Israel was expecting their Savior to be “a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land” (Jeremiah 33:15). The angel affirmed his own message by adding this verbal seal of authenticity.

The silence of heaven was broken, not to foreshadow an event to come centuries in the future but very soon. This surprising emissary delivered a shocking wake-up call that salvation was imminent.

For an ordinary man to believe and obey, no wonder, the Lord sent an angel with the invitation.

There was more surprising news:  ….conceived by the Holy Spirit.  Matthew 1:20

Why is the virgin birth important to the Christian faith? Jesus Christ, God’s Son, had to be free from the sinful nature passed on to all other human beings by Adam. Because Jesus was born of a woman, he was a human being; but as the Son of God, Jesus was born without any trace of human sin. Jesus is both fully human and fully divine. The infinite, unlimited God took on the limitations of humanity so he could live and die for the salvation of all who believe in him.

Because Jesus lived as a man, we know that he fully understands our experiences and struggles (Hebrews 4:15-16). Because he is God, he has the power and authority to deliver us from sin (Colossians 2:13-15). We can tell Jesus all our thoughts, feelings, and needs. He has been where we are now, and he has the ability to help.

God continues the message:

21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,[i] for he will save his people from their sins.”  22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:

23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,[j]
which means ‘God is with us.’”   Matthew 1: 21-23

We join with Joseph in crying out Hallelujah and Praise the LORD! His Mary had not been unfaithful. She had not been unfaithful to the LORD, to her parents or to him as her betrothed. Instead, she had been highly favored by the LORD. His Mary was like Sarah, Deborah, Hannah and Esther. The Lord had chosen her to do great things. In obedience she had surrendered her body, her mind and her soul over to the LORD. She had given the LORD her future, her reputation and even her very own life. His Mary was God’s Chosen Vessel.

I wish we could have watched Joseph after he received this dream. We would see all his frustration, all of his misunderstanding and all of his confusion suddenly wiped away. I wish we had a video of Joseph going to see Mary after the dream. I can imagine him holding her hands and kneeling down in humility and awe before her. I can imagine him now wondering why the LORD has allowed him to be with such a holy and sacred woman. Inside his betrothed was the long awaited Messiah. No human being, not even Moses himself would ever be as close to the Lord God Almighty as his Mary.

I love the way the Holy Spirit shows us how He gently works with us humans. To help both Mary and Joseph the Holy Spirit told each one of them what to name the baby. That way when the shared the news with each other it was one more sign that they both had heard from the LORD. It was one more sign that God used to tell them both that they were on the right path and He was pleased with the both of them.

God’s  message was personal, challenging and encouraging, but it was also a SURPRISING message. 

This was news that was the furthest thing from Joseph’s expectations. What had seemed sinful…now seemed sacred—sanctified. That which could have brought death to Mary…would bring life to all who would receive it by faith. What was sure to ruin Mary’s good name…would now immortalize it! When it seemed that everyone would call her BAD…instead she would be called BLESSED down through the annals of history. Joseph thought it was the end of his dreams as a husband…and found it was the answer to his dreams.

When bad things happen to us, all too often we only see the little piece of the puzzle that is observable by sight, and we cry out to God, “Lord, take this bitter cup from me.” But God has a bigger picture and a bigger plan for us, just as He did for Joseph.   

We too can continue to be surprised by God’s grace, God’s plan, God’s presence (Emmanuel), God’s forgiveness, God’s love and God’s people.  There is so much that God is doing.  Have you been surprised by God’s answer to your prayers? Have you been surprised by God’s goodness to you? 

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Sources:
John MacArthur, MacArthur New Testament Commentary – Matthew 1-7 , (Chicago: Moody Press, 1985), WORD search
CROSS e-book, 17.stianity.com/wiki/angels-and-demons/why-did-an-angel-speak-to-joseph-about-mary-and-jesus.html
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/how-can-mary-and-josephs-faithfulness-encourage-us-this-christmas.html
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God Will Stretch Us (Joseph) Matthew 1:18-20

Posted on December 19, 2023 by dkoop

Have you been stretched lately?  God had a plan for Jesus to come into the world.  God had a plan for Joseph, who would adopt and raise Jesus.  God has a plan for you as well.   We will learn that what God did in Joseph’s life may also look similar to what He is doing in our lives as well.

18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:18

Like Joseph,  God will Stretch Us

During their engagement they were no doubt a normal couple anticipating their future together. They were making plans—ready to face the world together. They also talked about the wedding, what they would wear, who would be in the wedding party, and which guests would be invited—all the things a couple talk about even today as they plan for their marriage.
But, one day during this betrothal period, Mary announced she was going to take a trip south to the hill country outside Jerusalem, to visit her elderly cousin, Elizabeth. Her visit stretched into a three-month stay. Joseph must have missed her terribly. When she returned home at last, he was no doubt very glad to see her. You remember what it is like to be separated from your true love. Well, now that separation was over. They were together again. But, then came a sudden shock—a devastating discovery. As the NIV translates it, Mary, “was FOUND to be with child.” This wasn’t Joseph’s baby and he knew it so instantly THEIR dreams turned into HIS nightmares.

Think of how he must have felt. He had been working hard, preparing for their life together. Now he was faced with what from his perspective could only looked like unfaithfulness on her part. Did Mary tell him about a visiting angel, and how this would be a special child? But not only was her story unbelievable…for a pious Jew like Joseph it bordered on blasphemy. This news also meant Joseph’s reputation would be destroyed…so I’m sure that he was more than hurt. He was ANGRY. What kind of fool did Mary take Him for? To claim that she was pregnant but still a virgin?!

But Joseph couldn’t believe her. How COULD he accept such a story? Would you if you were in his circumstance? No, I think not. He came to the same conclusion you and I would have. Mary had committed adultery. Well, he no doubt endured restless days and sleepless nights trying to decide what to do.

God Stretches us with Strained Relationships

We live in a country today of strained and broken relationships.  Divorce is rampant, 50% of all marriages in the US end in divorce.  Many of us have been affected by unfaithfulness, divorce or death.  Divorce occurs many times by the choice of one individual, sometimes both, but often one individual will make the choice and the rest of the family is left in the aftermath.  Strained or broken relationships are painful and challenging.  This is also what Joseph had to face.

God Stretches Us with Tough Decisions

…. he decided to break the engagement quietly. Matthew 1:19c
If they had been living in Moses day that decision would have been taken from him. Mary would have been immediately stoned to death. But the laxness of the Jewish theocracy in Joseph’s day and the infiltration of Roman law gave him two other options.

1. He could make her a public example…charge her with adultery in a public court.
She would be shamed, brought to trial, convicted in front of everyone, ruined forever in terms of reputation or….
2. …he could quietly, before two or three witnesses, write out a bill of divorce and end their relationship.
There would be no fanfare. It would be less public and few would need know. Mary could simply go away somewhere and secretly bear and raise the child.
The Scripture tells us that after his wrestling emotionally with what he should do. He decides to take option 2 and end their engagement discreetly. As verse 19 says, “…. he decided to break the engagement quietly.” And he would have followed through with that plan had it not been for a message delivered by an angel that we will look at in the next post.

Note that in Joseph’s part of this event we see a man who endured a great heartache but came out of it on top. This should make us pay great attention to his role in the Christmas story because you and I deal with heart-breaks or challenges all the time. We face dark and difficult situations that are unfair to us…things we don’t understand, broken relationships tough decisions.

Verse 20 says that “As he considered this.” We usually read through things pretty quickly and think that he made up his mind in a quick way, “hum chicken or fish” but the word “consider” means he took some time, it means to “revolve in mind” or “weigh in the mind” (from Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 2000 by Biblesoft)

He probably went off alone and thought about what had happened and his thoughts gave way to prayers as he poured his heart out to God. Picture him as he climbed the hills around Nazareth a solitary figure crying to the God he had faithfully served all his life, seeking wisdom to deal with his heartbreaking problem.

Have you ever done that in a challenging time? Just gone somewhere and got honest with God—told Him of your pain, your anguish, and asked for His help? I know that I have and during those times I have felt God’s comforting presence. When I am absolutely honest with God, honest with myself I leave that time knowing God cares and I get some direction for tough decisions. This is because PRAYER CHANGES THINGS!

In life when it looks like everything is against us—when it looks like we can’t possibly win—when it looks like it’s the end and our dreams are crashing down around us, prayer actually changes the whole situation because prayer unleashes God’s power. This power may come in the form of wisdom, an idea you desperately need and can’t come up with yourself. It may come in the form of courage greater than you can muster. It may come in the form of confidence or perseverance, uncommon staying power, or a changed attitude or maybe even in the form of an outright miracle…(like what happened to Joseph) but prayer does change things! Someone once wisely said, “When we work, WE work, but when we PRAY, GOD works.” And you know, one of the most important “things” prayer changes is US. You see, as we pray we are drawn into the love of God and we begin to see people from His perspective and love them as He does. Prayer provides a perspective on life that we cannot find in any other way.

So, when you face a heartbreak, tough decision, a challenging situation as Joseph did, the first thing you must do is pray Philippians 4: 6-7 says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” NIV

Perhaps Joseph thought he had only two options: divorce Mary quietly, or have her stoned. But God had a third option, marry her. In view of the circumstances, this had not occurred to Joseph. But God often shows us that there are more options available than we think. Although Joseph seemed to be doing the right thing by breaking the engagement, only God’s guidance helped him make the best decision. When our decisions affect the lives of others, we must always seek God’s wisdom.

In the next post we’ll see how God surprises us.

Darrell

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God’s Special Women – Bathsheba – Matthew 1:6

Posted on December 15, 2023 by dkoop

Matthew records another surprising woman in Jesus’ genealogy. Although he does not mention her by name, he describes her as the mother of Solomon and the former wife of Uriah (Matthew 1:6).

Bathsheba’s story in the Bible is marked by a complex interplay of power, sin, repentance, and redemption. The first time Bathsheba’s name is mentioned in the Bible is in 2 Samuel 11:3. The prior verse says while she was bathing, the king was walking around on the roof of the palace and saw her. Next thing she knew, messengers from the king were at her house to take her to the palace.

We will answer specific questions that many have about what happened to Bathsheba but for in brief summary:  One day, David saw Bathsheba bathing and was overcome with lust. He had her brought to him and they slept together. Bathsheba later became pregnant. David tried to cover up his sin by sending Uriah back to the battlefield, hoping that he would be killed. However, Uriah refused to go home and sleep with his wife, knowing that it would be considered unfaithfulness to his comrades who were still fighting. David then had Uriah put in the front line of battle, where he was killed. Bathsheba mourned the death of her husband, but she eventually married David. They had a son together, Solomon. However, David’s sin was not forgotten by God. The first child that Bathsheba bore to David died, and David was punished for his adultery and murder.

Bathsheba Was Taken

Bathsheba’s husband, one of the King’s “Mighty Men” was away at war. It’s plausible she thought King David wanted to speak with her about her husband, Uriah. Maybe he was injured.  If these were her thoughts, she was sadly mistaken.

Why Was Bathsheba Bathing and What Really Happened?

David had her brought to the palace to sleep with her because he’d been watching her bathe and saw she was “very beautiful” (2 Samuel 11:2).

This bathing was not your everyday bath, but a specific kind. Bathsheba had just finished her monthly cycle and was performing ceremonial bathing to be “cleansed from her uncleanness”(2 Samuel 11:4). Some suggest Bathsheba was seducing King David by bathing within his sight. But, really, she was only following the Law of Moses with this ceremonial cleansing.

Did King David Rape Bathsheba?

Some argue Bathsheba was complicit.

“Perhaps out of loyalty to the ‘hero of the Old Testament’ contemporary evangelicals often speak of this story as more of ‘sordid affair’ which, while horrific and sinful, seems to most of us a lesser sin than the sin of rape,” The Gospel Coalition stated.

But the Bible says David sent messengers who “took” her. This word (Strong’s 3947) in the original Hebrew means to seize, take captive, to be captured, etc. Bathsheba lived in a time when women were looked upon as property. She had no right to resist the King. Not when being taken from her home. Not when he wanted to have sex with her. Not when being sent back home immediately after.

Bathsheba Was a Woman Who Suffered Greatly

  1. Bathsheba suffered the loss of her husband. When Bathsheba found herself pregnant, she sent word to the king, likely in a panic. Not long after this, her husband was reported dead. It isn’t clear whether Bathsheba knew that David killed her husband or not. But whoever killed him, her husband was dead, and she was now a pregnant widow.

Grieving the loss of her husband was likely augmented by the hormones raging from her pregnancy. In her devastated state, King David took her again, this time as his wife. There’s no evidence she had a choice. Her life as she knew it before her ceremonial bath was gone forever.

  1. She suffered the loss of her newborn baby. After Bathsheba moved in with the king, perhaps she thought that would be the end of her sorrow. Sadly, it wasn’t. Her newborn baby died just seven days after the prophet Nathan rebuked King David (2 Samuel 12:1-23). We know from 2 Samuel 12:14that David knew why the baby boy died. Did Bathsheba know why? The Bible doesn’t say. And if she knew it was because of David’s sin, because God held him responsible, how might that have made her feel?

God Redeemed Bathsheba’s Pain

  1. God gave Bathsheba a son, Solomon. The next verse after her baby died covers a nine-month period.

“Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went into her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon” (2 Samuel 12:24).

David’s actions may not seem like a comfort to Bathsheba at first. But perhaps he wanted to give her what she’d just lost. In Hebrew (Strong’s 5162), the word “comforted” means to pity, be sorry, to repent, and to avenge.

She not only had another son, but God himself loved this child and told the prophet, Nathan, to name him Jedidiah, meaning “beloved by the LORD.” Bathsheba was given what many today call a “rainbow baby.”

  1. God included Bathsheba in the lineage of Christ. There are five women listed in the genealogy of Jesus. Bathsheba is one of them, but she is the only one without a name. “…David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife” (Matthew 1:6).

Her son, named Jedidiah by God but referred to as Solomon, is speculated as being King Lemuel, the writer of Proverbs 31. If King Solomon was King Lemuel, that would make Bathsheba the Proverbs 31 woman.

Even if Bathsheba was not the honored woman in Proverbs 31, her son, the king, honored and respected her as detailed in 1 Kings 2:19: “So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.”

Despite her difficult circumstances, Bathsheba remained faithful to God. She was a strong and courageous woman who played an important role in the history of Israel. She was the mother of Solomon, who became a great king, and she was also instrumental in ensuring that Solomon succeeded David to the throne.

Bathsheba was a woman who endured much suffering and overcame.

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Sources:
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/5-remarkable-women-in-jesus-genealogy-and-what-they-teach-us.html
1timothy4-13.com. “Uriah’s Wife.” Susan E. Todd.
TheOrthodoxLife. “Bathsheba is the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 3.” 2015.
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/who-was-bathsheba-in-the-bible.html
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