Women of Grace 2005-06
Women of the Bible

 Homework for Lesson 13
David's Wives

Your homework will help sharpen your understanding of the Bible and is a ministry to others as you share your answers in your small group. Prayerfully think through each answer with the expectation of sharing with others what God has taught you.

Memory Work: Proverbs 31:22

1. Find names of David's wives; tell where they were from and what children they bore.

I Samuel 18:27b


 

II Samuel 11:3-5, 26, 27


 

I Chronicles 3:1-9



 

2. (a) Name the first woman David married and describe her character. (I Samuel 14:49; 18:20-29; 19:11-17; 25:44;

II Samuel 3:12-16; 6:16-23; I Chronicles 15:29)




 

(b) Why did they marry? (I Samuel 16:12; 17:23-27, 57; 18:1-3, 14-28)





 

(c) Do you think this was a marriage of commitment, a crush, or politics? Why or why not?


 

3. (a) How did David meet Abigail? (I Samuel 25)






 

(b) Describe the character of Abigail.




 

(c) How was she a helpmeet to Nabal?







 

4. (a) Describe Bathsheba and her circumstances when David first saw her. (II Samuel 11:1-5)




 

(b) Do you think Bathsheba knew the king was in his palace when she bathed? Why or why not.




 

(c Do you think a respectful appeal by Bathsheba might have changed Davids mind? (Consider I Samuel 25 as you answer.)








 

(d) What was the outcome of their encounter? (II Samuel 11:6-26; 12:1-23)











 

(e) What commandments did they forget? (Deuteronomy 5: 17, 18, 21; II Samuel 12:9)












 

6. (a) Tell events in the life of Bathsheba as she aged. ( II Samuel 12: 24, 25; I Chronicies 3:5; I Kings 1:11-31; 2:13-25)













 

(b) How did Bathsheba grow in wisdom?






 

(c) Which of David's wives seem to have qualities of the Proverbs 31 woman?






 

7. What next step will you take to fulfill the criteria of the Proverbs 31 woman? (Put into a prayer request to share with your partner)