Why does Matthew call Bathsheba – Solomon’s mother – "the wife of Uriah," (Mt.1:6) when the OT says she was the wife David?
In speaking of David becoming the father of Solomon, Matthew refers to Bathsheba as "the wife of Uriah" or "the one of Uriah" (τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου), but 1 Samuel calls her simply David’s wife.
Then David comforted his wife,…