We can learn from Batsheva to mentally “bow” before Hashem’s Will, to accept His supremacy before making any requests
The midrash associates this pasuk with Batsheva, wife of Dovid Hamelech and mother of Shlomo Hamelech, as she was adorned with magnificent royal robes when her son was crowned king of the Jewish people.
The Navi describes Batsheva as exceedingly beautiful. “Veha’ishah tovas mar’eh me’od.” (Shmuel II, 11:2) Basing his comment on the Kli Yakar, the Mishbetzos Zahav notes that Dovid Hamelech is also described as having a handsome appearance, “tov ro’i.” (Shmuel I, 16:12) He adds that all those who would look at Dovid Hamelech would remember their Torah studies and be stirred with a yearning for greater spiritual heights. Similarly, all those who looked at Batsheva were infused with a special measure of goodness and blessing. The physical appearances of both Dovid Hamelech and Batsheva were an outer manifestation of their inner greatness, and were clearly an indication they were destined to marry, from the beginning of time.
In Nach, Batsheva is more of a passive participant. However, there’s one important incident where Batsheva takes quite an active role. At the end of Dovid Hamelech’s life, Nosson Hanavi advises Batsheva to go to Dovid Hamelech to inform him that his son Adoniyahu had declared himself successor to the king. This went against the promise that Dovid Hamelech made to Batsheva years earlier, that her son Shlomo would be the next king.
Upon entering Dovid Hamelech’s chamber, the Navi tells us that Batsheva bows before the king. In Tiv Ha’Haftoros, Rav Gamliel Rabinovitz says that this detail conveys that Batsheva was expressing to Dovid Hamelech that she would accept whatever he decided.
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