Absalom was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur.
Death of Absalom (Corrado Giaquinto, 1762)
The Banquet of Absalom attributed to Niccolò de Simone around 1650
Leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible, "Scenes from the Life of Absalom", c. 1250
The death of Absalom, hanging from a tree by his hair (14th-century German miniature)
David was a Jewish monarch of ancient Israel and the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
King David Playing the Harp (1622) by Gerard van Honthorst
King David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (c. 1640)
David und Goliath (1888), color lithograph by German artist Osmar Schindler.
David raises the head of Goliath as illustrated by Josephine Pollard (1899)