All God's Women

Joab sent to Tekoa and called for a certain wise woman. He explained the situation to her and told her that he wanted her to dress in mourning attire and pretend to be a woman who had been mourning the dead for a long time. Then he gave her a script to memorize and present to the king.

When she came into the king’s presence, she begged for his help.

When he asked what troubled her, she shared her story...

We’re told so little about this woman other than that she lived in the town of Tekoa, and had a reputation as being wise. God used the acting skills of the woman of Tekoa to speak truth and impact the life of God’s chosen king. Though Scripture doesn’t include her name, her works live on for eternity...

Both the wench of En-Rogel and the woman of Behurim were ordinary women going about their daily business, but God used them in an unexpected way as undercover agents for king David and his spies. 

We never know how God is going to use us in the lives of others...

The army pursued Sheba to the city of Abel. Since he was safe within the city’s walls, they set up a siege mound, and the troops battered the wall in order to tear it down.

The townspeople were terrified with no idea why the king’s army was attacking them. Fortunately, one woman had a plan. She went towards the wall and yelled out that she wanted to speak to Joab...

Rizpah watched as her sons were hoisted onto the trees and left to die. She watched helplessly as they each breathed their last breath, innocent victims of the sins of their father. When nightfall came, she assumed someone would come remove them from the crosses. But no one came. 

Rizpah took sackcloth and laid it on the rock in front of the bodies, then she stood guard over the bodies, keeping the birds away during the day and the wild beasts during the night...

King David grew old and sickly and suffered from chills that couldn’t be warmed by merely piling on blankets. His physicians prescribed a treatment that to us sounds strange, but was an accepted medical practice at the time.

The doctors said to find a young virgin to care for the king and to lie in bed with him to keep him warm. The belief at the time was that the vitality and warmth of the youth would pass on to the elderly...

David’s days were numbered, and his son Adonijah determined to take over his father’s throne. He gathered together Joab, David’s military commander, and Abiathar the priest to help him. David, however, wasn’t aware of his actions.

When Nathan the prophet heard what was going on, he enlisted the help of Bathsheba to speak to David on behalf of her son Solomon...

Two harlot women came to King Solomon with a problem. They’d each had sons within a few days of each other. One of them smothered to death her baby when she rolled over on him. When she realized what had happened, she went into the other woman’s room and swapped babies. The other woman woke up to find a dead baby. Only it wasn’t her baby. Unfortunately, she couldn’t prove it.

The innocent mother hoped King Solomon could get the other woman to return her baby...

The Queen of Sheba heard about King Solomon’s wisdom and wealth. She wasn’t sure if the stories were true or exaggerated, so she journeyed to find out for herself. 

The queen wanted to know if Solomon was as wise as rumor had it, so she asked him difficult questions. He impressed her by having answers for everything she asked...

Solomon’s wealth and wisdom were unsurpassed. He had everything he could possibly desire, yet it wasn’t enough. He wanted more. 

In addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, he married Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, women from lands where the Israelites were forbidden to intermarry because of their pagan worship. 

Altogether, Solomon ended up with 700 wives and 300 concubines...