The Bible In Paintings: DAVID OR GOLIATH

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

1st SAMUEL
CHAPTER 17

As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead.

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JAMES TISSOT
"David Slings the Stone"

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DANIEL HENNING
"David and Goliath"

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The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

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"David and Goliath"

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CHARLES ERRARD the Younger
"David Giving Thanks to God after the Death of Goliath"

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TITIAN
"David and Goliath"

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ABRAHAM BOSSE
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the scabbard. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.

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GUILLAUME COURTOIS
"David and Goliath"

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ORAZIO GENTILESCHI
"David and Goliath"

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GUIDO RENI
"David Décapitant Goliath"

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PETER PAUL RUBENS
"David Slaying Goliath"

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MICHELANGELO
"David Beats Goliath"

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Detail

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WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"David and Goliath"

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CARAVAGGIO
"David and Goliath"

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JAMES TISSOT
"David Cuts Off the Head of Goliath"

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ORAZIO BORGIANNI
"David Beheads Goliath"

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PIETRO DA CORTONA
"David Slaying Goliath"

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EDWARD BURNE-JONES
"David and Goliath"

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[Hebrews 11:6]

G O L I A T H
DAVID AND GOLIATH
DAVID OR GOLIATH
DAVID'S BIG, FAT HEAD
SAUL, OR DAVID?
SAUL ATTACKS DAVID
DAVID RUNS FOR HIS LIFE
DAVID SPARES SAUL’S LIFE – TWICE!

[evets]

Thanks for the paintings!
...David chose the 'full armour of God' -Ephesians 6

[Hebrews 11:6]

David chose the 'full armour of God' -Ephesians 6

Excellent perspective. Thanks for contributing it. Hoping everyone notices....

[floralamiss]

Thank you for your constancy in searching for and providing us with these works. Thanks, also, for explaining how the Holy Spirit inspired your endeavor through the four thoughts that came into your mind after reading about “the tent peg” and seeing your own daughter, Susanna’s spiritual resemblance to the biblical heroine. God bless you, Hebrews 11:6, and your ministry of showing to us the Holy Bible through art.

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan.
:-)

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You are so very welcome.

My "constancy", as you put it, is a given, inasmuch as God commissioned me and also equipped me: it is my complete joy producing this series, because--as I have discovered--when God commissions, He also motivates.

Indeed, there are about six different functions involved in production, and I've learned that God created me to enjoy thoroughly each one. The result: everything about this is fun for me!

Dan

[Hebrews 11:6]

Mary-Lou,
right on-cue!
Couldn't have done this
without you!

[floralamiss]

So true, Dan! Even your reply nourishes my soul with joy! Thank you!

My tagline box won’t work, so I’ll simply add it here:

“Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.” —St. Catherine of Siena

[Allegra]

God bless you, Hebrews 11:6, and your ministry of showing to us the Holy Bible through art.

Agreeing. These posts are a blessing.

[left that other site]

You’re a poet too? :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

These posts are a blessing.

Our Lord has so very many blessings He wants to shower down upon us! And they are just the merest whiff of our heavenly banquet....

[Hebrews 11:6]

When properly inspired....

[OKSooner]

"The full armor of God", and just the right .45 caliber stone, applied with skill, courage, and divine guidance.

I'm inclined to think that Goliath lost the fight when the stone met his forehead, but he didn't lose his life until David used his own sword on him, as illustrated by Michelangelo and others.

He had it coming either way.

Thanks for doing this every day.

[Big Red Badger]

King David of Jerusalem,,,

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applied with skill, courage, and divine guidance.

It is lovely the way that David explained--in advance of the main event--how God had prepared him. God is preparing each of us for the main events in our future....

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My current plan is to illustrate David’s coronation on the 25th. We have a few tussles remaining with King Saul before then....

[etabeta]

One better than the other. I like the Orazio Gentileschi a lot (#15) and that marvelous stained glass window by Edward Burne-Jones.
All the illustrations are very good, maybe the litho by Gino D’Achille (#3)which for me stands out. David and Goliath facing each other on a rocky stage, the sky reddish and the troops far away. One can sense how the confrontation is for now only between a giant and a boy. Very theatrical.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I, too, like it when the extraneous is minimized and the focus is on the central drama.

[Big Red Badger]

I visited King David’s
Tomb during a 10 Pilgrimage
To the Old City. I wandered
the City with a Bible and a
Camera Absolutely Awestruck