The Bible In Paintings: SOLOMON’S 700 WIVES! 300 CONCUBINES! AND HIS IDOLATRY!

[Hebrews 11:6]

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

1st KINGS
CHAPTER 11

King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines.

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JAMES TISSOT
"Solomon and His Harem"

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His wives led him astray. As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.

On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites. He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

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WILLEM DE POORTER
"The Idolatry of King Solomon"

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"Solomon and His Wives Worship Foreign Gods"

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA VENANZI
"King Solomon with His Wives"

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JACOB WILLEMSZ. DE WET I
"The Idolatry of Solomon"

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JACOPO AMIGONI
"The Idolatry of King Solomon"

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DOMENICO ANTONIO VACCARO
"Solomon Worshiping the Pagan Gods"

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SEBASTIANO CONCA
"The Idolatry of Solomon"

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SALOMON KONINCK
"The Idolatry of King Solomon"

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GERARD HOET
"The Idolatry of King Solomon"

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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
"Solomon's Idolatry"

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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
"Solomon's Idolatry"

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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
"Solomon's Idolatry"

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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
"King Solomon’s idolatry"

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LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
"Solomon Worshiping an Idol"

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BERRETTINI
"Salomone Adora l'Idolo"

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JACQUES STELLA
"Solomon Worshipping Idols"

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SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Solomon’s Idolatry"

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GEORG PENCZ
"Solomon Worshipping Idols"

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SÉBASTIEN BOURDON
"Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols"

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SÉBASTIEN BOURDON
"King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols"

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PIETRO DANDINI
"Solomon Worshiping Idols"

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JAN ERASMUS QUELLINUS
"The Idolatry of Solomon"

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FRANS FRANCKEN II
"The Idolatry of Solomon"

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LUCA GIORDANO
"The Idolatry Of Solomon"

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ADRIAEN VAN STALBEMT
"Idolatry of Solomon"

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SÉBASTIEN BOURDON
"King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols"

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GERBRAND VAN DEN EECKHOUT
"Idolatry of Salomon"

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PIERRE REYMOND
"Solomon Turning to Idolatry"

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HANS THOMAN
"Solomon's Idolatry"

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The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. So the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added
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[Hebrews 11:6]

Yes, and we can hope for his sake that was, indeed, his conviction.

[golux]

That’s an awful lot of panty hoses hanging from the shower curtain.

[Red Badger]

Correct.

Pharaoh sacked GAZA and then gave it to the newlyweds as a wedding present.

The ancient Egyptians didn’t want GAZA then, either!...............

[Tell It Right]

"And this was way before Viagra!"

Muhammad had a similar situation, though "only" 4 wives. The Koran says that Allah gave him the stamina to "visit" all 4 of them every night.

That's kinda silly, but at the same time it's sad to think of all the Muslims holding up Muhammad's sexual perversion as a model -- especially with his favorite "wife" being the one who was 6-years-old.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks, Alba. Grabbing Poynter’s detail isn’t cheating, is it?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Yes, Molech the baby-barbequer.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Too much of a good thing.

[NorthMountain]

C’mon, maaaaan! Mad Mo waited until she was a much more mature nine years old before consummating his marriage to his favorite wife. It’s not like he was a chomo or something.

I wonder if he enjoyed sniffing her hair ...

[BenLurkin]

Depressing turn of events, that Solomon was granted wisdom by God and threw it away.

[Bob434]

29, the bull- I wonder if animals being sacrificed knew or sensed that something evil was taking place? [Animals these days seem to react to evil or badness, but back in the day, like the false prophet’s donkey knew there was an angel (likely christ hj self i beleive if i reczl. Right?) in the road and wouldn’t go any further, and the fals eprophet whipped the donkey “for,being stubborn”], and also,the whole earth groaned when christ gave up the ghost, animals included i beleive.

[Tell It Right]

Fun fact: Mo "thighed" her a lot before 9.

In one of the hadiths, there's a scene where his child bride is playing with dolls with another girl while Mo is talking with his best friend, who also happens to be his child bride's father (one of Mo's father-in-laws). So while the girls are playing like girls, Mo is telling his father-in-law that he ought to find him some young stuff too because they're the best. THIS IS IN THEIR "HOLY" TEACHINGS!!

And where was the masculinity of the father-in-law? What kind of man gives up his child for another man's sick pleasure?

[nwrep]

Solomania.

[nwrep]

#3 look Persian.

[nwrep]

If he was as wise as we are led to believe, why did he do this?

[Red Badger]

Imagine if they were ALL Jewish!.....................

[Hebrews 11:6]

Certainly a cautionary tale. Pride goeth before something or other....

[Hebrews 11:6]

why did he do this?

Jack Nicklaus, greatest golf champion ever, was asked by a sportswriter how he had missed a 12" putt.

"Same way you do."

[NorthMountain]

What kind of man gives up his child for another man's sick pleasure?

A male (not much of a man) with the same sort of sick fetish. They're best buds, after all. If I found out my "best bud" was a chomo, he'd cease forthwith to be my "best bud". Does is say if Mad Mo's FIL went off and picked up a "child bride" of his own?

[NorthMountain]

From Sacred Scripture, to Augustine, to Thomas Aquinas, to the present day Pride is widely viewed as the deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins, and the gateway to all other sins.

[Tell It Right]

I don’t remember anything else about his FIL except that he was Mo’s BFF and also his best terrorist commander.