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  1. Old Testament and Apocrypha

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

The Wisdom of Solomon

1 Kings 3–4

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

The Dedication of the Temple

1 Kings 8:14–61; 2 Chronicles 6:3–7:3

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

Construction and Consecration of the Temple

1 Kings 8:62–66; 9:1–9; 2 Chronicles 7:4–22

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

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

1 Kings 10:1–13; 2 Chronicles 9:1–12

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

Solomon’s Idolatry

1 Kings 11

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

The Prophet Elijah in the Wilderness

1 Kings 17:1–7; 19:4–14


2 Samuel 2 Kings

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