Tamar (daughter of David)
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Tamar was an Israelite princess. Born to David and Maacah, who was from Geshur, she was the only full sibling of Absalom. She is described in the Hebrew Bible as being exceptionally beautiful, as is h
Thamar and Absalon (1875) by Alexandre Cabanel
Desolation of Tamar (c. 1896–1902) by James Tissot
The Rape of Tamar (c. 1640) by Eustache Le Sueur
Bathsheba
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Bathsheba was an Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother
Tamar (daughter of David)
…would not withhold her from him (2 Samuel 13:13). Michael D. Coogan attributes the placement of the rape of Tamar narrative, coming soon after the Bathsheba narrative, as a way for the narrator to compare Amnon to David. As David wronged Bathsheba, so too will Amnon wrong Tamar, "like father like son." Mark…
Bathsheba with King David's Letter (1654) by Willem Drost
Bathsheba at her Bath by Hans Memling, c. 1485
David and Bathsheba depicted in an anonymous 17th-century painting
Jean-Léon Gérôme's depiction of Bathsheba bathing watched by David