Books of Kings
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The Book of Kings is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Israel also including th
Solomon greeting the Queen of Sheba – gate of Florence Baptistry
Rembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, c. 1630.
James Tissot, The Flight of the Prisoners – the fall of Jerusalem, 586 BC
Aleppo Codex Joshua 1 1
Judgement of Solomon
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The Judgement of Solomon is a story from the Book of Kings in which Solomon ruled between two women who both claimed to be the mother of a child. Solomon ordered the baby be cut in half, with each wom
Books of Kings
…is righteous like his father David. Solomon returns to Jerusalem and holds a feast for his servants in front of the Ark of the Covenant. After the Judgment of Solomon amazes the Israelites, he appoints a cabinet and reorganizes the governance of Israel at a local level. The nation of Israel prospers and Solomon's…
Fresco of the Judgment of Solomon, Frauenberg, Styria
Sculpture given either to Pietro Lamberti or to Nanni di Bartolo. It stands at the corner of the Doge's Palace in Venice (Italy), next to Porta della Carta
The Judgement of Solomon (School of Giorgione, 1500)
The Judgement of Solomon by Gaspar de Crayer, c. 1620