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1 Kings


The Judgement of Solomon by unknown Ethiopian artist
The judgement of Solomon by Nicolas Poussin
A Scholar (King Solomon ?), from the Coburg Pentateuch by Unknown German artist

1 Kings 3 & 4; 2 Chronicles 1 The Wisdom of Solomon

Transport by Antony Gormley
Tame Buzzard Line by Richard Long
Christ driving the Traders from the Temple by El Greco

1 Kings 8:14–61; 2 Chronicles 6:3–7:3 The Dedication of the Temple

Building of Solomon’s Temple by Giovanni Battista Ricci (designer)
'Solomon dedicates the temple; Christ thanks the Father for the Church', from a Bible Moralisée by Unknown artist
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple; Right wing of triptych altarpiece of the Deposition by Peter Paul Rubens

1 Kings 8:62–66; 9:1–9; 2 Chronicles 7:4–22 Construction and Consecration of the Temple

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon by Jacopo Tintoretto
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, from Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Scene of the meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, surrounded by their respective attendants by Qes Adamu Tesfaw

1 Kings 10:1–13; 2 Chronicles 9:1–12 The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Solomon Enthroned, Surrounded by Three Women, from Book of Hours (MS H.5), Unknown French artists [Paris]
Triptych with the Life Story of Solomon by Master of the Salomon triptych
Solomon's Idolatry by Lucas van Leyden

1 Kings 11; 2 Chronicles 9:29–31 Solomon’s Idolatry

The Prophet Fed by a Raven by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Prophet Elijah in the Wilderness by Unknown Byzantine artist, Thessalonica
The Last Supper Altarpiece by Dieric Bouts the Elder

1 Kings 17:1–7; 19:1–14 The Prophet Elijah in the Wilderness

Portrait of a Widow at her Devotions by Leandro Bassano
Resurrection of the widow of Zarephath's son by the prophet Elijah, from Dura Europas Synagogue by unknown artist
The Bouvier Altar Cross by Unknown French or Netherlandish Artist

1 Kings 17:8–24 The Widow of Zarephath


Show all exhibitions from the Bible book 2 Samuel
Show all exhibitions from the Bible book 2 Kings

More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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