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BATHSHEBA or BATH SHUA (a Canaanite name, ; ; ) Ahithophel, her grandfather. Eliam or Ammiel (), one of David's officers, was her father. (See AHITHOPHEL.) Uriah, being a brother officer, formed an intimacy which ended in his marrying Eliam's daughter. David committed adultery with her, and caused her husband's murder (2 Samuel 11; ; ). Mother of Solomon, whose mind she helped much to mold; also of Shimea (or Shammua), Shobab, and Nathan (). Nathan and Solomon were both ancestors of the Lord Jesus (; ). Her strength of intellect, kindness and influence over David and her son, appear in -31; -21. She is said by tradition to have composed Proverbs 31 as an admonition to Solomon on his marriage to Pharaoh's daughter.