{"id":949,"date":"2011-03-15T01:01:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T01:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=949"},"modified":"2011-03-05T19:20:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T19:20:37","slug":"author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba","title":{"rendered":"Author Jill Eileen Smith &#038; Bathsheba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-949 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Jill-Eileen-Smith-Publicity-Photo21.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Jill-Eileen-Smith-Publicity-Photo21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bathshebas-Cover.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Bathshebas-Cover-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">My guest today is Author <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jill Eileen  Smith who has tackled telling the stories of King David&#8217;s wives. Her latest is the most famous of all, Bathsheba. Here&#8217;s Jill:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\"><em>A single moment changed her life  \u2013 will she ever regain all she\u2019s lost?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Bathsheba\u2019s story is one of misplaced  longings and life-altering choices. Like many women, Bathsheba came  from a military household. Her father and her husband were both captains  in King David\u2019s elite forces, which probably meant they saw a fair  bit of action, leaving Bathsheba often alone. For a woman of her day  with no children at that time, her husband\u2019s absences were great breeding  ground for discontent. She could have found ways to occupy her time,  and it is likely she had some marketable skills like spinning wool into  yarn and weaving yarn into cloth, but her worth as a woman who could  produce an heir for her husband was in jeopardy. She might have feared  she would be replaced by another wife and felt undeserving of her husband\u2019s  love. Of course, the Bible doesn\u2019t tell us how long she was married  to Uriah before the adultery happened with King David, but it is likely  she was married long enough to face such concern and discontent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">For David\u2019s part, he had reached  the pinnacle of his career and grown accustomed to wealth and power.  He was a man after God\u2019s own heart, but he had strayed from listening  to His Creator. Whatever his reasons, he excused his choices and did  what he wanted, despite the consequences. Her loneliness and his arrogance  led to some devastating choices. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Bathsheba\u2019s strength shines through  greatest in the way she handles her failures and her losses. Some people  consider her a temptress, others think she was a victim who had no choice  but to obey the king. Still others see her situation as a combination  of both, perhaps more complicated than it seems on the surface. She  is often scorned for her sin. Yet God\u2019s grace brought her into the  lineage of His Son, Jesus Christ. In the end, both David and Bathsheba  had to learn the redemptive power of God\u2019s grace and the true meaning  of love.&#8221;&#8211;Jill<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">For accompanying guides to <em>Bathsheba<\/em>,  visit the series\u2019 website at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewivesofkingdavid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.thewivesofkingdavid.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">. Follow the author\u2019s blog at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jilleileensmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.jilleileensmith.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don&#8217;t you find it interesting that God allows his &#8220;characters&#8221; to sin, experience consequences and hopefully repent&#8211; but often modern editors and readers only want &#8220;chaste&#8221; sins like pride? Do you think that&#8217;s true? Could you, would you read a book about a modern-day adultress who finds God and repents?&#8211;Lyn<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Author Jill Eileen Smith who has tackled telling the stories of King David&#8217;s wives. Her latest is the most famous of all, Bathsheba. Here&#8217;s Jill: A single moment changed her life \u2013 will she ever regain <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[540],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-bathsheba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Author Jill Eileen Smith &amp; Bathsheba - booksbylyncote.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Author Jill Eileen Smith &amp; Bathsheba - booksbylyncote.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My guest today is Author Jill Eileen Smith who has tackled telling the stories of King David&#8217;s wives. Her latest is the most famous of all, Bathsheba. Here&#8217;s Jill: A single moment changed her life \u2013 will she ever regain &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"booksbylyncote.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lyn.cote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-15T01:01:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Jill-Eileen-Smith-Publicity-Photo21-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lyn Cote\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lyn Cote\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lyn Cote\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8157677a63df3ff49aea42ce2d4c11c7\"},\"headline\":\"Author Jill Eileen Smith &#038; Bathsheba\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-15T01:01:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\"},\"wordCount\":466,\"commentCount\":4,\"keywords\":[\"Bathsheba\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\",\"name\":\"Author Jill Eileen Smith & Bathsheba - booksbylyncote.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-15T01:01:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8157677a63df3ff49aea42ce2d4c11c7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/uncategorized\\\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Author Jill Eileen Smith &#038; Bathsheba\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/\",\"name\":\"booksbylyncote.com\",\"description\":\"Stories of Strong Women, Author Lyn Cote\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8157677a63df3ff49aea42ce2d4c11c7\",\"name\":\"Lyn Cote\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8a663e0cf32ace46064e022da0fa58f883c0bb9074fb2d803d8537becbe9e0f1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8a663e0cf32ace46064e022da0fa58f883c0bb9074fb2d803d8537becbe9e0f1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8a663e0cf32ace46064e022da0fa58f883c0bb9074fb2d803d8537becbe9e0f1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lyn Cote\"},\"description\":\"Lyn Cote welcomes other authors to her \\\"Strong Women, Brave Stories\\\" blog to share stories of women who triumph over the challenges common to all women.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.BooksbyLynCote.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/lyn.cote\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LynCoteWriter\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/booksbylyncote.com\\\/SWBS\\\/author\\\/lyn-cote\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Author Jill Eileen Smith & Bathsheba - booksbylyncote.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Author Jill Eileen Smith & Bathsheba - booksbylyncote.com","og_description":"My guest today is Author Jill Eileen Smith who has tackled telling the stories of King David&#8217;s wives. Her latest is the most famous of all, Bathsheba. Here&#8217;s Jill: A single moment changed her life \u2013 will she ever regain &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba","og_site_name":"booksbylyncote.com","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lyn.cote","article_published_time":"2011-03-15T01:01:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Jill-Eileen-Smith-Publicity-Photo21-150x150.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Lyn Cote","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lyn Cote","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba"},"author":{"name":"Lyn Cote","@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/#\/schema\/person\/8157677a63df3ff49aea42ce2d4c11c7"},"headline":"Author Jill Eileen Smith &#038; Bathsheba","datePublished":"2011-03-15T01:01:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba"},"wordCount":466,"commentCount":4,"keywords":["Bathsheba"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba","url":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba","name":"Author Jill Eileen Smith & Bathsheba - booksbylyncote.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-03-15T01:01:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/#\/schema\/person\/8157677a63df3ff49aea42ce2d4c11c7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-jill-eileen-smith-bathsheba#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Author Jill Eileen Smith &#038; Bathsheba"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/#website","url":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/","name":"booksbylyncote.com","description":"Stories of Strong Women, Author Lyn Cote","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/#\/schema\/person\/8157677a63df3ff49aea42ce2d4c11c7","name":"Lyn Cote","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a663e0cf32ace46064e022da0fa58f883c0bb9074fb2d803d8537becbe9e0f1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a663e0cf32ace46064e022da0fa58f883c0bb9074fb2d803d8537becbe9e0f1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a663e0cf32ace46064e022da0fa58f883c0bb9074fb2d803d8537becbe9e0f1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lyn Cote"},"description":"Lyn Cote welcomes other authors to her \"Strong Women, Brave Stories\" blog to share stories of women who triumph over the challenges common to all women.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.BooksbyLynCote.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lyn.cote","https:\/\/x.com\/LynCoteWriter"],"url":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/author\/lyn-cote"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}