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Bathsheba presents Adonijah's request to Solomon
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bathsheba sits at the right hand of her son, King Solomon, and conveys the request of Solomon's brother Adonijah to him. She asks for Adonijah's hand in marriage to Abishag. Solomon becomes angry and orders Adonijah to be killed. In the background Adonijah is stabbed with a spear. Below the scene a reference in Latin to the Biblical text in 1 Kings 2:19. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBatseba dient het verzoek van Adonia in bij Salomo. 1579. Hans Collaert (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
