COMPANION

Bathsheba

3500 BC - 970 BC

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Bathsheba ( or ; Hebrew: בַּת־שֶׁבַע, Baṯ-šeḇaʿ, Bat-Sheva or Batsheva, "daughter of Sheba" or "daughter of the oath") was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as king, making her the Gebirah (queen mother). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bathsheba has received more than 3,393,410 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Bathsheba is the 22nd most popular companion (down from 20th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Israel (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Companion.

Bathsheba is most famous for being the wife of King David and mother of Solomon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bathshebas by language

Over the past year Bathsheba has had the most page views in the with 429,498 views, followed by Portuguese (154,755), and Spanish (118,076). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (1,005.66%), Vietnamese (624.69%), and Portuguese (136.04%)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Bathsheba ranks 22 out of 784Before her are Nurbanu Sultan, Nefertari, Joseph Bonaparte, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Aspasia, and Marie Leszczyńska. After her are Ankhesenamun, Jane Seymour, Livia, Roxana, Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Mileva Marić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 3500 BC, Bathsheba ranks 2Before her is Rachel. After her are Scorpion II, Scorpion I, Tiu, and Wazner. Among people deceased in 970 BC, Bathsheba ranks 2Before her is David.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Bathsheba ranks 31 out of 466Before her are Salome (14), Jude the Apostle (15), Simon the Zealot (1), Moshe Dayan (1915), Ahmed Yassin (1937), and Herod Antipas (-20). After her are Rehoboam (-972), John the Evangelist (10), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Joachim (-100), and Matthias the Apostle (1).

Among COMPANIONS In Israel

Among companions born in Israel, Bathsheba ranks 1After her are Dinah (-1700), and Alice of Champagne (1196).