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Title	from Joshua's death to Othniel (Judges 1-2), the Israelites are rebuked at Bochim by an angel of the Lord, Jael kills the sleeping Sisera by hitting the nail through his temples, the destruction of the altar of Baal by Gideon (Judges 6:25-32), twice Gideon asks the Lord to show him a sign with a sheep's fleece before his raid against the Midianites, those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men, Abimelech, with hired men, kills his brothers on one stone, except for Jotham who hides himself, the tower of Thebez; death of Abimelech, the time of Jephthah ~ the book of Judges, Samson kills the lion with his bare hands, in the morning the concubine of the Levite lies dead on the threshold, the revenge of Israel on the Benjamites (Judges 20)
Type	Illustration
Sizes	95x219
Material	Copper engraving
Colour	Black
Artist	Borcht, Pieter van der
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra	1702
Iconclass	71F11,71F113,71F1544,71F213,71F2143,71F2152,71F2183,71F2188,71F24,71F325,71F526,71F53
Iconclass description	from Joshua's death to Othniel (Judges 1-2), the Israelites are rebuked at Bochim by an angel of the Lord, Jael kills the sleeping Sisera by hitting the nail through his temples, the destruction of the altar of Baal by Gideon (Judges 6:25-32), twice Gideon asks the Lord to show him a sign with a sheep's fleece before his raid against the Midianites, those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men, Abimelech, with hired men, kills his brothers on one stone, except for Jotham who hides himself, the tower of Thebez; death of Abimelech, the time of Jephthah ~ the book of Judges, Samson kills the lion with his bare hands, in the morning the concubine of the Levite lies dead on the threshold, the revenge of Israel on the Benjamites (Judges 20)
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