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Absalom Seizes Power
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At the city gates of Jerusalem, Absalom embraces an Israelite. Thus he greeted everyone from Israel who came to the king for a judgment, and in this way he won over the people of Israel. Below the image, a reference in Latin to the biblical text in 2 Samuel 15:2.
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Credit lineAbsalom grijpt naar de macht. 1585. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.