Lewis Brackett (29 June 2025)
"Solomon’s Bathsheba was not Hebrew?"

Solomon’s Bathsheba was not Hebrew?
                                                        This might be
hard for many to accept, but the evidence points to the very fact that
Bathsheba was not a Hebrew. Uriah: Bathsheba’s Hittite Husband and
‘King David’s mighty men’, then you know that Bathsheba was originally
married to a Hittite man from the line of Ham.

Although we are not told directly that Bathsheba is a Hittite, we can
actually trace her heritage through her grandfather Ahithophel, one of
‘King David's most trusted advisers’ (2 Samuel 15). In (2 Samuel 11:3)
we are told that Bathsheba’s father is Eliam, but it isn’t until (2
Samuel 23) that we find out that Bathsheba’s grandfather is a
Gilonite.

·         “Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite,
Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,” (2 Samuel 23:34)

The Gilonites were named for their city of Giloh in the Highlands of
Judah near Hebron. (Joshua 15), and were one of several Canaanite
tribes that were not expelled from Judah’s portion of the land. Some
of the survivors lived together with the tribe of Judah and even
married into the tribe.
Lewis