This name derives from the Hebrew “Baṯ-šeḇa‘ > Be'êr sheba‛ > Barsheba”, meaning “daughter of the oath”. According to the Hebrew Bible, was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. She is most known for the Bible story in which King David took her to sleep with him. Bathsheba at her Bath is the formal name for the subject in art showing Bathsheba bathing, watched by King David.
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