The life of King David, as narrated by the prophet Nathan, and including the story of Uriah and Bathsheba, is the subject of the novel The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks. 2015 Angela Hunt's Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty (A Dangerous Beauty Novel) 2018 Jenifer Jennings's A Stolen Wife 2020 Elizabeth Cook's novel Lux compares David and Bathsheba to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn though the eyes of Thomas Wyatt. 2022 Amanda Bedzrah's novel Becoming Queen Bathsheba Film Bathsheba has been portrayed by: Susan Hayward in the 1951 film David and Bathsheba Rosalind Elias in the TV premier of Ezra Laderman's opera/cantata And David Wept (1971) Jane Seymour in the 1976 TV film The Story of David (1976). Alice Krige in the 1985 film King David Melia Kreiling in the 2013 TV miniseries The Bible. Musical David, and Bathsheba (who is unnamed), are referenced, in the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" (released 1985) ("you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you"). The song "Dead" from the 1989 album Doolittle by the Pixies depicts David's lust for Bathsheba, the pregnancy resulting from their adultery, and Uriah's demise. Bathsheba and Uriah are mentioned by name. "Mad About You", a song on Sting's 1991 album The Soul Cages, explores David's obsession with Bathsheba from David's perspective "David and Bethsheba" from the Brown Bird album Bottom of the Sea is a retelling of the story from David's perspective. See also King Lemuel, perhaps connected to Bathsheba Susanna (Book of Daniel), also spied on while bathing References Citations Sources Bibliography Kristin De Troyer, "Looking at Bathsheba with Text-Critical Eyes," in Nóra Dávid, Armin Lange, Kristin De Troyer and Shani Tzoref (eds), The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011) (Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments, 239), 84–94. External links Askmoses.com , "Was King David guilty of murder and adultery?" by Rabbis Mendy Gutnick and Avrohom Wineberg 11th-century BCE Hebrew people 10th-century BCE Hebrew people 10th-century BC women 11th-century BC women Biblical figures in rabbinic literature Mythological rape victims Iconography Jewish royalty Solomon Queens consort of Israel and Judah Queen mothers Wives of David Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) 11th-century BC people Ethiopian saints Christian royal saints Biblical matriarchs Women in the Hebrew Bible Christian saints in unknown century Saints Christian saints from the Old Testament Old Testament people