Brandon R. Grafius, Reading the Bible with Horror, Horror and Scripture (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2020), 92.
As is widely known, the books of Chronicles largely retell the books of Samuel and Kings, frequently repeating the same language verbatim. While most of David’s exploits are repeated in the same order and with the same details in the book of Chronicles, the story of Bathsheba is left out entirely. I side with many scholars who view this as an intentional erasure, an attempt to write David’s sins out of his story to make him truly seem like the ideal king (and man) of God. But as Freud first noted, and as haunted house movies have shown us again and again, what is repressed always comes back. Bathsheba gets her revenge in 1 Kings by orchestrating for her son Solomon’s rise to the throne, but it is not an easy reign for Solomon or for any of his successors. Trouble always rises from within their own houses, and the sword never departs.
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