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Title	David, from the roof (or balcony) of his palace, sees Bathsheba bathing, David's war against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10, 12:26-31; 1 Chronicles 19-20:3), Jonathan shoots the arrow(s), while David is hidden in a shelter; a boy runs after the arrow(s), Baanah and Rechab sneak into Ish-bosheth's house and behead him in his bedroom, Abner, fetched by Joab's messengers, is taken aside by Joab in the gate of Hebron, and is killed by him with a sword, David is told that Abner has been killed by Joab's men and gets angry, when the oxen stumble before the cart with the ark, Uzzah tries to support the ark and falls down dead, David's war against the Philistines, Absalom, put to flight on a mule, remains hanging by his hair in an oak-tree, Joab stabs Absalom with three spears, Joab kills Amasa: Joab takes Amasa by the beard with the right hand as if to kiss him, and stabs him with a dagger, an angel appears to David with the symbols of the three punishments
Type	Illustration
Sizes	95x218
Material	Copper engraving
Colour	Black
Artist	Borcht, Pieter van der
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra	1702
Iconclass	71H71,71H525,71H1731,71H472,71H463,71H464,71H623,71H521,71H849,71H8492,71H8751,71H5453
Iconclass description	David, from the roof (or balcony) of his palace, sees Bathsheba bathing, David's war against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10, 12:26-31; 1 Chronicles 19-20:3), Jonathan shoots the arrow(s), while David is hidden in a shelter; a boy runs after the arrow(s), Baanah and Rechab sneak into Ish-bosheth's house and behead him in his bedroom, Abner, fetched by Joab's messengers, is taken aside by Joab in the gate of Hebron, and is killed by him with a sword, David is told that Abner has been killed by Joab's men and gets angry, when the oxen stumble before the cart with the ark, Uzzah tries to support the ark and falls down dead, David's war against the Philistines, Absalom, put to flight on a mule, remains hanging by his hair in an oak-tree, Joab stabs Absalom with three spears, Joab kills Amasa: Joab takes Amasa by the beard with the right hand as if to kiss him, and stabs him with a dagger, an angel appears to David with the symbols of the three punishments
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