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The Idolatry of Jeroboam
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The Idolatry of Jeroboam

Jacques Ignatius de Roore · c. 1704 - c. 1744 · panel; oil paint (paint)

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

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Jeroboam, the King of Israel, enjoined his people to idolatry to prevent their contact with the Kingdom of Judah. When he tried to arrest a defiant priest during a pagan sacrifice, his hand withered and the altar shattered. He had trespassed God’s First Commandment: ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ De Roore impressed his contemporaries with such depictions of complex stories.

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Credit lineDe afgoderij van Jerobeam. c. 1704 - c. 1744. Jacques Ignatius de Roore. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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