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Fresco of the Judgment of Solomon, Frauenberg, Styria Sculpture given either to Pietro Lamberti or to Nanni di Bartolo. It stands at the corner of the Doge's Palace in Venice (Italy), next to Porta della Carta. The Judgement of Solomon is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which Solomon ruled between two women who both claimed to be the mother of ...
'pleasant; lovely') was one of the 700 wives and 300 concubines of King Solomon and mother of his heir, Rehoboam, according to both 1 Kings 14:21–31, and 2 Chronicles 12:13 in the Hebrew Bible. [1] She was an Ammonite, and, as such, one of only two of all the Queen Mothers of Israel or Judah who was a foreigner (the other being Jezebel). [2]
King Solomon with his wives. Illustrated in 1668 by Giovanni Battista Venanzi. According to the biblical account, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. [41] The wives were described as foreign princesses, including Pharaoh's daughter [42] and women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon and of the Hittites. His marriage to Pharaoh's daughter appears ...
In the branch of literary analysis that examines the Bible, called higher criticism, the story of Solomon falling into idolatry by the influence of Pharaoh's daughter and his other foreign wives is "customarily seen as the handiwork of the 'deuteronomistic historian(s)'", who are held to have written, compiled, or edited texts to legitimize the ...
According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother of Solomon , who succeeded David as monarch, made her the Gebirah ( גְּבִירָה ) of the Kingdom of Israel .
He attempted to usurp the throne during the life of David (1 Kings 1:11ff). Solomon had him executed after being warned to remember his place in the line of succession per King David’s instruction regarding the crown. 1 Kings 1:32–35; 1:50–53; 2:13–25. Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, "David’s wife".
Absalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָׁלוֹם ʾAḇšālōm, lit. ' Father of Peace '), according to the Hebrew Bible, was an Israelite prince.Born to David and Maacah, who was from Geshur, he was the only full sibling of Tamar.
The last specific mention of Nathan appears in 1 Chronicles 14:4 "Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon," There are also instances in the Hebrew Bible where the name Nathan is mentioned, but it is unknown whether it is referring to Nathan the prophet or Nathan the son of David.