The Judgement of Solomon  1617

by Peter Paul Rubens

The first Book of Kings in the Bible (3:16-28) tells the story of how King Solomon had to pass judgment in a case concerning two prostitutes who lived in the same house and had given birth at the same time. One of the children died shortly afterwards, and now both women claimed the living child as theirs. [br] King Solomon’s wisdom and sense of justice led him to have a ...
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