Divine retribution or divine punishment is the supernatural punishment of a single person, a group of people, or everyone, by a deity in response to the invocation of their anger. Myths and folklore d
The End of the World, commonly known as The Great Day of His Wrath, an 1851–1853 oil painting on canvas by the English painter John Martin. According to Frances Carey, the painting shows the "destruction of Babylon and the material world by natural cataclysm". This painting, Carey holds, is a response to the emerging industrial scene of London as a metropolis in the early nineteenth century, and the original growth of the Babylon civilisation and its final destruction. According to the
The Destruction of Sodom And Gomorrah by John Martin, 1852
Stained glass, Holy Family Church, Teconnaught, September 2010 crop
Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a king of ancient Israel. The successor of his father David, he is described as the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under a united Israel and Judah.
Divine retribution
…2 Samuel 6:1–7 – Uzzah struck dead; touching the Ark of the Covenant 1 Kings 11 – God promises to tear King Solomon's kingdom from his son except for a single tribe; building altars to other gods for his wives Job 14:13 – sending trials to the just man Job…
King Solomon (1872) by Simeon Solomon
The Anointing of Solomon by Cornelis de Vos (c. 1630). According to 1 Kings 1:39, Solomon was anointed by Zadok.
Luca Giordano: The Dream of Solomon: God promises Solomon wisdom.
Solomon receiving envoys of the tributary nations