The Bible In Paintings, #132: REVIEW, GENESIS THRU SAMUEL, Part 2

c.2200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[Hebrews 11:6]

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REVIEW, Part 2:
GENESIS thru 2^ND SAMUEL

TO HELP US TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER &
GRASP THE "BIG PICTURE" MORE FIRMLY,
HERE IS ONE PICTURE FROM EACH OF
THE MAJOR BIBLE STORIES WE'VE SEEN

Note: the usual attributions, titles and sources do not appear,
to help us focus solely on the Scripture's story-telling

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Numbers 13

MOSES' SPIES RETURN FROM CANAAN
WITH A REPORT - AND GRAPES

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Numbers 21

REBELLIOUS ISRAELITES, ATTACKED
BY DEADLY SNAKES, CAN LIVE
BY LOOKING AT GOD'S BRONZE SERPENT

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Numbers 22

BALAAM'S TALKING DONKEY
WON'T LET HIM CURSE ISRAEL

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Joshua 2

JERICHO'S RAHAB PROTECTS
AND HELPS ISRAEL'S TWO SPIES

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Joshua 6

GOD FLATTENS JERICHO

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Joshua 3

JOSHUA LEADS ISRAEL ACROSS
THE JORDAN RIVER, FINALLY ENTERING
THE PROMISED LAND

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Judges 4

DEBORAH AND BARAK WIN A WAR

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Judges 4

JAEL KILLS SISERA WITH A TENT-PEG

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Judges 6

GIDEON THANKS GOD FOR
THE MIRACLE OF THE DEW

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Judges 7

WITH JUST 300 SOLDIERS,
GIDEON ROUTS MIDIAN'S ARMY

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Judges 15

SAMSON LOSES HIS WIFE
AND GETS REVENGE BY KILLING
A THOUSAND PHILISTINES

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Judges 16

DELILAH GIVES SAMSON A TRIM

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Judges 16

SAMSON'S FINAL REVENGE

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Ruth 1-2

RUTH CLINGS TO NAOMI

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Ruth 3-4

RUTH CLINGS TO BOAZ

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1 Samuel 1

BARREN HANNAH WEEPS
AND PRAYS FOR CHILDREN

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1 Samuel 1

GOD BLESSES HANNAH WITH A SON;
SHE KEEPS HER PROMISE AND
DELIVERS SAMUEL TO THE TEMPLE

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1 Samuel 4-7

THE PHILISTINES SEIZE THE ARK,
BUT IT MAKES ITSELF UNWELCOME

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1 Samuel 4-7

PHILISTINES RETURN THAT
NASTY ARK TO ISRAEL

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1 Samuel 8-10

ISRAEL DEMANDS - AND GETS -
A KING: TALL SAUL

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1 Samuel 16

GOD REJECTS SAUL,
REVEALS REPLACEMENT:
YOUNG DAVID

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1 Samuel 16

SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID AS FUTURE KING

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1 Samuel 17

DAVID THE GIANT-KILLER!

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1 Samuel 18-19

JEALOUS SAUL ATTACKS DAVID

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1 Samuel 24, 26

DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE - TWICE!

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1 Samuel 28

FEARFUL SAUL CONSULTS A WITCH

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1 Samuel 31

SAUL'S DEATH

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2 Samuel 2-5

DAVID, ISRAEL'S NEW KING

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2 Samuel 11

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA - OH, UH, AND, UM, URIAH

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2 Samuel 13-14

ABSOLOM MURDERS AMNON
FOR RAPING HIS SISTER TAMAR

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2 Samuel 18

REBELLIOUS ABSALOM:
HUNG, THEN SKEWERED

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,

SOLOMON'S 700 WIVES,
300 CONCUBINES, AND
UNCOUNTED HORDES OF
SERVANTS, GROUPIES,
NEIGHBORS, PASSERS-BY....

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R E S O U R C E S

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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours

JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes

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Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations:

The Art Bible (1896)

The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245)

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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE

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Here are links to the
PREVIOUS 131 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you

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Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE

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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA

A r t Q u a l i t y

The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here - they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.

Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.

P a c i n g

The pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here). Then, there is the human element: this is not exactly a daily series, because I can only crank out five or six of these posts weekly.

The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing - this is His project, after all. Always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!

T e x t S e q u e n c i n g

The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!

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Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here - I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.

Hebrews 11:6
Dan Lewis
DodgerDan

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[Hebrews 11:6]

At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to-right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!

But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is being filmed right now. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year's viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: "Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast." Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access - best 35 bucks I've ever spent (I don't recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).

[Hebrews 11:6]

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F o r . . y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

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[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much for the comprehensive review of Biblical Art, Dan!

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

"God save all here!"

[Hebrews 11:6]

We’re now up-to-date, Tom. Back to Solomon tomorrow.

[Red Badger]

Samson loses his wife?.......................I just thought he lost his hair!...................

[Hebrews 11:6]

Judges 15:

1 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.” But her father would not let him go in.

2 “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”

3 Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.” 4 So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails, 5 lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

6 When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.”

So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

[Red Badger]

LOL, I thought it was a typo!.........Wife = Life................

[Hebrews 11:6]

Always check the Source.................

[left that other site]

Good Morning! Nice Selections Today.

Have a Blessed day, Dan.

[Hebrews 11:6]

You, too, Mary-Lou!

[etabeta]

I like the last image, the death of Absalom, so detailed and dramatic. Thank you.

[Hebrews 11:6]

How morbid! LOL

[etabeta]

Ahahah! And not a drop of blood to be seen....

[Albion Wilde]

Excellent series! thank you, Hebrews 11:6!

[Hebrews 11:6]

So glad it speaks to you. Tomorrow, back to Solomon, who had serious zipper issues (he probably invented them).