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

[Hebrews 11:6]

That's the magic of Tissot's painting: it captures the fateful moment just before they rejected her and insisted on the men, the moment between Genesis 19 verses 8 and 9.

Tissot had the talent to be a screenwriter, imagining every nuance of a scene.

[daniel1212]

"My point is that it wouldn’t surprise me if Solomon had ventured beyond his female harem into orgies, pedophilia, homosexuality, bestiality, necrophilia...."

No: The Holy Spirit is not known to hide such sins even among less notable persons, and we are wrongly presumptuous when we postulate such when the Spirit has described the iniquity of Solomon, and would mention sodomy if it was part of it. Best to be silent when the Bible provides no real warrant for conjecture.

[daniel1212]

"That's the magic of Tissot's painting: it captures the fateful moment just before they rejected her and insisted on the men, the moment between Genesis 19 verses 8 and 9. "

According to you.

[caww]

A thousand woman to keep......surely he must of had his favorites.

[caww]

I’ve been reading a lot about Chinese Dynasties which included Harems. Oh my gosh the woman were outright evil to each other.....not uncommon to poison those competeing with, and even murdering their children. It was all about securing their life or reaching to be Empress. The competion was fierce and deadly.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I am not condemning or judging Solomon, but I know an implication when I see one. The Holy Spirit is not inscrutable, and he does not expect or mandate willful blindness. When He describes unprecedented sexual deviancy, He invites inevitable conclusions. All I am presuming is that further deviancy is not ruled out.

You suit yourself, Daniel.

Best wishes,
Dan

[Hebrews 11:6]

Of course, according to me. Do you have a different interpretation of Tissot’s painting?

[daniel1212]

"I am not condemning or judging Solomon, but I know an implication when I see one. The Holy Spirit is not inscrutable, and he does not expect or mandate willful blindness. When He describes unprecedented sexual deviancy, He invites inevitable conclusions. All I am presuming is that further deviancy is not ruled out. "

Being inscrutable does not contrary to the Holy Spirit characteristically noting exceptions to the norm (from age to bed size to sinlessness) among even lesser characters and exceptional wickedness of principle ones. The problem is with what you see, that of Solomon's multiple wives (common among kings, incldng. David), with the religion of foreigners being what is pointedly described, while you read into this that which includes unprecedented sexual deviancy. Simply unwarranted presumption.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Suit yourself.

[daniel1212]

"Of course, according to me. Do you have a different interpretation of Tissot’s painting?"

My response was to your assertion, not a perhaps. The painting could have expressed what the painter would have looked at.