Bathsheba- This story starts when David sees Bathsheba bathing. David decides that he wants to sleep with Bathsheba and he does sleep with her even though she is married. Bathsheba learns that she is pregnant and tells David. David tries to get her husband, Uriah, to go see her. He refuses and David decides to have him killed. Bathsheba mourned her husband but still married David. This story has an interesting twist. David tries to get Uriah to sleep with Bathsheba to cover up her pregnancy.
When that doesn't work, he jumps to having Uriah killed. It does not have a good ending for anybody.
Esther- There were three sections for Esther but I was more interesting in the third segment. She exposes Haman and has the letter to kill the Jews reversed. She is such an influential figure. She is so important to the king that he is willing to listen to her requests and he even grants them for her. She manages to save herself, Mordecai, and the rest of the Jews.
Susannah- Two elders try to get Susannah to sleep with them. When she refuses, they testify that she has been with another man. She was sentenced to death based solely on these two elders' testimony. I think that Susannah stayed quite strong during this whole ordeal and knew that the Lord knew the truth. Daniel eventually shows that the men had lied and Susannah was saved from death.
Herodias- Herodias wanted John killed. Her daughter had pleased the king and the king offered to give her whatever she wanted. Herodias told her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist. The king kept his word and had John the Baptist killed. Herodias did all of this because she had been offended by a comment that John had made. She could have had anything and all she wanted was for John the Baptist to be dead.
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| The feast of Herod by Lucas Cranach. Wikimedia Commons |
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