The Bible In Paintings >>> “Women in the Bible” Series ✝️ WOMEN USED BY SATAN — The Witch of Endor, Herodias & Salome ✝️

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WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
WOMEN USED
BY SATAN

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1st SAMUEL 28:
The Philistines assembled, while Saul gathered all the Israelites. When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.”

“There is one in Endor,” they said.

So Saul disguised himself, and at night he and two men went to the woman. “Consult a spirit for me,” he said, “and bring up for me the one I name.”

But the woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?”

Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As surely as the LORD lives, you will not be punished for this.”

Then the woman asked, “Whom shall I bring up for you?”

“Bring up Samuel,” he said.

When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

1
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Saul and the Witch of Endor"

2
BENJAMIN WEST
"Saul and the Witch of Endor"

3
EDWARD HENRY CORBOULD
"Saul and the Witch of Endor"

4
SALVATOR ROSA
"Saul and the Witch of Endor"

5
BERNARDO CAVALLINO
"The Shade of Samuel Invoked by Saul"

6
GERARD HOET
"Saul with the Witch of Endor"

7
KUNZ MEYER WALDECK
"The Witch of Endor"

8
JAMES TISSOT
"Saul and the Witch of Endor"

9
WASHINGTON ALLSTON
"Saul and the Witch of Endor"

10
"Saul Consults the Witch of Endor"

11
ALESSANDRO MAGNASCO
"Witch of Endor"

		DEATH-DANCER

MATTHEW 14:
Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet.

On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted and had John beheaded in the prison. His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

12
JEAN-JOSEPH BENJAMIN-CONSTANT
"Queen Herodiade"

13
GUSTAVE MOREAU
"Salome Dancing before Herod"

14
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15
JOHANN GEORG PLATZER
"Salome Dancing before Herod"

16
CLAUDIA C. ERDESATHI
"Salome Dancing before Herod"

17
FRA FILIPPO LIPPI
"The Feast of Herod: Salome's Dance"

18
ANDREA MARCHISIO
"Salome's Dance"

19
EDWARD ARMITAGE
"Herod's Birthday Feast"

20
ARMAND POINT
"Dance of Salome"

21
GUSTAVE MOREAU
"The Apparition"

22
CALLISTO PIAZZA DA LODI
"Beheading of St. John the Baptist"

23
GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI
"Beheading of the Baptist"

24
MARTIN FABER
"The Beheading of St. John the Baptist"

25
BENEDITO CALIXTO
"Beheading of St. John the Baptist"

26
ANTONIO CABRAL BEJARANO
"Beheading of the Baptist"

27
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Beheading of John the Baptist as Salome Looks on"

28
CARAVAGGIO
"Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist"

29
WILLIAM DOBSON
"The Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist"

30
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARVIER
"Salome Receiving the Head of St John the Baptist"

31
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GUERRIERI
"Decollazione di san Giovanni Battista"

32
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist"

33
BERNARDINO LUINI
"Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist"

34
ONORIO MARINARI
"Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist"

35
GUSTAVE MOREAU
"Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist"

36
HANS UNGER
"Salomé"

37
PALMA IL GIOVANE
"Salomé with the Head of John the Baptist"

38
JAN ADAM KRUSEMAN
"Salome with the Head of John the Baptist"

39
FRANZ VON LENBACH
"Salome"

40
GUSTAVE MOREAU
"Salome Carrying the Head of John the Baptist on a Platter"

41
ELISABETTA SIRANI
"Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist"

42
FRANCESCO CAIRO
"Herodias with the Head of Saint John the Baptist"

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43
PAUL DELAROCHE
"Herodias with the Head of St. John the Baptist"

44
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New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
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[etabeta]

So many great artists..West, Corbould, Moreau with his fantastic, personal interpretations; Armitage, Caravaggio. Luini had worked in the circle of Leonardo but painted with a more conservative taste, with more sentiment.His prolific output made him very popular in his time.

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible reports these sad tales, so I suppose artists must illustrate them—and I must present them. But I wonder to what extent some of these artists, who seemingly painted so enthusiastically, nevertheless shared some of my distaste for the thing.

[etabeta]

Visual retelling of stories. Old Masters balanced the gruesome subjects with other works of beauty, serenity and radiance. I share your distaste for the gruesome subjects.

[Hebrews 11:6]

There is one Bible story that, as the father of daughters, I resolutely refuse to present: Jephthah and his daughter. Yet I willingly present any number of merciless slaughters. But that’s just me.

[nomorelurker]

GUSTAVE MOREAU is very good today. Very nice detail in his work.

[Hebrews 11:6]

It’s not often that I run across his work, but he certainly took an interest in Salome....

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Hans Unger captured the evil, more effectively than any I think.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hans Unger captured the evil

Unger's #36. Evil is in the eye of the beholder, Scott; I'm partial to Delaroche's icy Herodias in #43.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Yes, that one and Benjamin-Constant (#12) also caught my eye. Those both have a bored-depressed quality to them that is quite interesting…when it comes to evil anyway. The Unger really hit me.

[Hebrews 11:6]

quite interesting…when it comes to evil anyway

So glad that evil does not appeal to you, Scott--even if you are a Padres fan.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

There is no evil quite like the Padre’s performance this year.

[Hebrews 11:6]

My best friend, the Padres fan, thinks Melvin will go.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

He may be right…but it may be that Preller is really the one that should go. Melvin is not a strong enough personality for the many rich, young players that are the core of the team. He presses the buttons and plays the strategy but he isn’t a motivator. He’s a quiet manager for a quiet workman-like team. This is a poor fit.

But Preller is the real problem. Putting Soto and Bogaerts on a team with too many big personalities already (Manny, Tatis) and emptying a very good farm system to do it was criminal. The Dodgers are a much better example of how to do it. How different Mookie, Freddy, Will Smith and Muncy are than Tatis, Machado, Soto and Bogaerts. And the Dodgers never trade off their farm system. Preller has saddled the team with massive contracts and under-performance…and all the help from the farm system is now two years away, not right now. The Padres will sink fast and recovery will not be quick.

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Good analysis, Scott. The Padres have smart owners and wonderful fan support, so I expect they'll get it right. I wish the Padres well--it's the Giants I loathe.

Just glad the Dodgers let Manny and Yu--and Puig and Verdugo--go. Much prefer solid citizens like Mookie and Freddie. And Urías is done....

[InkStone]

Hello Dan, and good day to all.

Yes, distasteful indeed, but a great story, and fine art. We are thankful that God’s Word does not flinch in telling painful stories, even about giants of the faith.

Thank You Dan!

[InkStone]

Hello Dan, and good day to all.

Yes, distasteful indeed, but a great story, and fine art. We are thankful that God’s Word does not flinch in telling painful stories, even about giants of the faith.

Thank You Dan!

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You can say that again....

[SisterK]

well Salome, good luck finding a good husband