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Hezekiah Orders the Idols to Be Destroyed
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Hezekiah Orders the Idols to Be Destroyed

Maerten de Vos · 1585 · engraving; hand coloring; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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King Hezekiah orders the destruction of the high places and images of idols. In the landscape, his men knock down the images. Below the image a reference in Latin to the biblical text in 2 Kings 18.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHizkia laat de afgoden vernietigen. 1585. Maerten de Vos. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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