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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Picture Bibles (with no or little text) / Shah Abbas Bible (New York, Paris, Los Angeles)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / David learns that all Israel has followed Absalom's rebellion (2 Kings 15:13)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / David walking up mount Olivet weeping and barefoot (2 Kings 15:30)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Absalom defiles his father's concubines (2 Kings 16:21-22)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Siba brings provisions to David (2 Kings 16:1-2)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Semei throws stones at David, who does not allow Abisai to slay him (2 Kings 16:6-13) / without Abisai preparing to slay Semei

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top register: David is told that all Israelites follow Absalom's rebellion; Absalom makes merry with David's concubines; bottom register: David goes up Mount Olivet weeping; Siba brings him provisions; Semei throws stones at him

Artist or creator

Paris or
French (northern)

Date

1244 - 1254

Location

Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ludwig I 6

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 802

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