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WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
TWO PROSTITUTES,
THEIR BABIES, AND
WISE KING SOLOMON

1st KINGS 3

Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. One of them said, “My lord, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me. The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby.

“During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him. So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast. The next morning, I got up to nurse my son—and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”

The other woman said, “No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours.”

But the first one insisted, “No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine.” And so they argued before the king.

The king said, “This one says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead,’ while that one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.’ ”

Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword for the king. He then gave an order: “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

The woman whose son was alive was filled with compassion for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!”

But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.”

When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.

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PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Judgment of Solomon"

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NICOLAS POUSSIN
"The Judgment of Solomon"

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FREDERIC HENRI SCHOPIN
"The Judgment of Solomon"

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GASPAR DE CRAYER
"The Judgement of Solomon"

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JAMES TISSOT
"The Wisdom of Solomon"

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RAPHAEL
"Judgment of Solomon"

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LUCA GIORDANO
"The Judgment of Solomon"

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LUCA GIORDANO
"The Judgment of Solomon"

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MATTHIAS STOM
"The Judgment of Solomon"

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Judgment of Solomon"

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NIKOLAI GE
"The Judgment of King Solomon"

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STEPHAN KESSLER
"Judgment of Solomon"

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HE QI
"Judgment of Solomon"

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ARTUS QUELLINUS I
"Solomon's Judgment"

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"The Judgement of Salomon"

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"Judgement of Solomon"

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"Le Jugement de Salomon"

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"The Judgment of Solomon"

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"The Judgment of Solomon"

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"Judgement of Solomon"

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"Jugement de Salomon"

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JEAN CHASTELLAIN
"Solomon's Judgment"

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JOHN HARDMAN POWELL
"Solomon's Judgement"

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"Solomon & True Mother"           "Soldier & Untrue Mother"

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New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
Masthead Painting: “GUEST” by Andrey Mironov

[Red Badger]

I think God slowly took his wisdom away as he wandered away from his beginnings......................

[etabeta]

You will always have my sincere gratitude.

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Lord gives and then takes away, eh?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Likewise.

[Red Badger]

Yes, just like Adam & Eve, Esau, Saul, et al.............

[InkStone]

Greetings Dan, a story for the ages indeed.

Many fine works here, enjoy the sculpture also - even Art Deco! Agreed; the last one is really nice.

Thank you Dan.

[InkStone]

“Solomon: a case study in the erosion of once-great faith.”
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That’s for sure Dan, Solomon really went off course, and look what it cost Israel.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Since it is a case-study, may we all take seriously its lesson.