Uriah the Hittite As a result of this murder, David was rebuked by the prophet Nathan; furthermore, later turmoil in David's household and throughout the kingdom of Israel, including the death of Bathsheba's baby and the insurrection of prince Absalom, was believed to be the result of David's sins of adultery and murder. Based on the Biblical account, Uriah was probably of the ethnic Hittite minority resident in Israel that had lived in and around the region, "the Land of Canaan", since before the time of Abraham. The Hebrews, upon their entry into Canaan, had been commanded (Deuteronomy 20:16–17) to kill "anything that
Far from the Madding Crowd (1915 film) Far from the Madding Crowd (1915 film) Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1915 British silent drama film produced and directed by Laurence Trimble and starring Florence Turner, Henry Edwards and Malcolm Cherry. Trimble also adapted Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel for the screen. "Far from the Madding Crowd" is a lost film. The rights to adapt "Far from the Madding Crowd" for the screen were secured in 1915 by Turner Films, an independent film production company established in England by American film star Florence Turner. Filmmaker Laurence Trimble, who had often directed Turner while they were at Vitagraph Studios,