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  2. Juneau Monument - Wikipedia

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    Underneath the relief, an inscription reads, "Solomon Juneau, First Mayor of Milwaukee, MDCCCXXXXVI." On the south side of the base is a bronze relief of Juneau being elected to Congress. Underneath the relief is the inscription, "Solomon Juneau, First Mayor of Milwaukee, MDCCCXXXXVI." The memorial statue is 15 by 5 feet (4.6 by 1.5 m) in size. [1]

  3. Haym Salomon - Wikipedia

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    Haym Salomon Square in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City Haym Solomon statue in Pan-Pacific Park. There is a legend that during the design process of the Great Seal, Washington asked what compensation Salomon wanted in return for his financial contributions to the American Revolutionary War.

  4. Solomon Juneau - Wikipedia

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    Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Repentigny, Quebec, to François and (Marie-)Thérèse Galarneau Juneau.

  5. Ain Dara (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    A ramp joins the main room to the platform area and the sanctum. The back wall of the sanctum has a niche which probably housed a statue of a god or goddess. [4] Paved floors and wall reliefs are visible in the multistoried hallways, at least three stories high, that flank three sides of the temple, [3] with at least one southern entrance ...

  6. Judgement of Solomon - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Solomon - Wikipedia

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    Solomon (/ ˈ s ɒ l ə m ə n /), [a] also called Jedidiah, [b] was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. [4] [5] The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under an amalgamated Israel and Judah.

  8. Boaz and Jachin - Wikipedia

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    According to the first-century Romano-Jewish scholar Josephus' book Antiquities of the Jews, Jachin (Hebrew יָכִין yakin "He/it will establish") stood on the right on the portico of Solomon's Temple, while Boaz (Hebrew בֹּעַז boʿaz "In him/it [is] strength") stood on the left, and the two were made by a Canaanite craftsman named ...

  9. Throne of Solomon - Wikipedia

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    The term "throne" is used both literally and metonymically in the Hebrew Bible.. As a symbol for kingship, the throne is seen as belonging to David, or to God Himself. In 1 Kings 1:37 Benaiah's blessing to Solomon was "may the LORD... make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David"; while in 1 Chronicles 29:23 we are told "Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king".