Study "Woman" - 2 Samuel

2 Samuel –

3:8 – Abner gets accused of sleeping with the king(Saul)’s concubine. He is so appalled by the accusation that he defects to David.

11:2 – David sees Bathsheba bathing.

11:3 – He asks after her.

11:5 – She conceives.

11:21 – A reference to the death of Abimelech at the hands of a woman lobbing a millstone.

13:17 – The Daughter of David is raped by her brother and kicked out after. He loves her until he has her, then he despises her.

14:2 – A woman is called to prove a point to King David about his rebellious son and he grief over the rebellion.

14:4 – Continuation of above.

14:5 – Continuation of above.

14:8 – Continuation of above.

14:9 – Continuation of above.

14:12 – Continuation of above.

14:13 – Continuation of above.

14:18 – Continuation of above.

14:19 – Continuation of above.

14:27 – Reference to the beautiful daughter of Absalom.

17:19 – A woman hides David’s spies.

17:20 – She is questioned about the spies. This is an interesting pattern of the two spies of Joshua that are hidden by Rehab.

20:16 – A woman of a besieged city asks Joab why they are being besieged. He tells her that they are after a traitor to David.

20:17 – Continuation of above.

20:21 – The woman has the man’s head cut off and tossed over the wall. They pull back from the city and stop besieging it and return to Jerusalem.

20:22 – Continuation of above.