A Beauty for Old King David

[whag]

[Sparko]

[seer]

If you are a servant and want to make your King happy why would you bring him an ugly girl rather than a pretty one?

No duh!

[whag]

[Cow Poke]

Kinda reminds me of the story of the guy who went to the doc, and the doc told him he had cancer and only 6 months to live.
The man, very distraught, asked the doc, "isn't there anything I can do?"
Doc told him "marry an ugly woman and move to New Mexico".
The man demanded to know how that would help him live longer.
Doc replied "oh, it won't, but it will sure feel like it!"

[whag]

Kinda reminds me of the story of the guy who went to the doc, and the doc told him he had cancer and only 6 months to live.
The man, very distraught, asked the doc, "isn't there anything I can do?"
Doc told him "marry an ugly woman and move to New Mexico".
The man demanded to know how that would help him live longer.
Doc replied "oh, it won't, but it will sure feel like it!"

[One Bad Pig]

David had several wives; Bathsheba was merely the latest (recorded). Given succession struggles between sons of different wives, it's probably politics that kept Bathsheba from that role. A young woman brought in just to keep him warm wouldn't cause that problem. As Sparko said, why not have a pretty woman do the job? It's not as if dying men are prone to sexual temptation.

[whag]

David had several wives; Bathsheba was merely the latest (recorded). Given succession struggles between sons of different wives, it's probably politics that kept Bathsheba from that role. A young woman brought in just to keep him warm wouldn't cause that problem. As Sparko said, why not have a pretty woman do the job?

Because he was cold.

It's not as if dying men are prone to sexual temptation.

[Cow Poke]

Because he was cold.

A pretty woman warms the cockles of any redblooded American Hebrew man's heart!

[Faber]

Maybe Bathsheba looked like Hillary. After all, it worked for Bill Clinton.

[Cow Poke]

Maybe Bathsheba looked like Hillary. After all, it worked for Bill Clinton.

Obviously not in her younger days.

This is why the Good Lord allows men's eyesight to get worse with age, then somebody had to invent glasses!

[whag]

A pretty woman warms the cockles of any redblooded American Hebrew man's heart!

[One Bad Pig]

Because he was cold.

Yes, that's why she was brought in.
Why? He already had several children. More children would just further muck up succession issues.
It needed to be said so the woman could subsequently marry, honor intact. Whether or not he could would have been irrelevant.

[whag]

Yes, that's why she was brought in.

Why? He already had several children. More children would just further muck up succession issues.

It needed to be said so the woman could subsequently marry, honor intact. Whether or not he could would have been irrelevant.

[One Bad Pig]

Now you're going overboard on your speculations. Don't go changin', whag.
It was probably negotiated beforehand, and the only people who needed to know were her family and any prospective matchmakers, who could be told when they approached.