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1866 engraving by Gustave Doré (1832-1883); The Death of Abimelec

1866 engraving by Gustave Doré (1832-1883); The Death of Abimelech, a son of Gideon. According to the Bible, he was an unprincipled, ambitious ruler. he was struck on the head by a mill-stone thrown by a woman during a siege. Realizing that the wound was mortal, he ordered his armor-bearer to thrust him through with his sword, so that it might not be said he had perished by the hand of a woman.
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Title: 1866 engraving by Gustave Doré (1832-1883); The Death of Abimelec
Caption: 1866 engraving by Gustave Doré (1832-1883); The Death of Abimelech, a son of Gideon. According to the Bible, he was an unprincipled, ambitious ruler. he was struck on the head by a mill-stone thrown by a woman during a siege. Realizing that the wound was mortal, he ordered his armor-bearer to thrust him through with his sword, so that it might not be said he had perished by the hand of a woman.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive/UIG
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Image size: 4043 × 5228 px | 60.5 MB
Print size: 34.2 × 44.3 cm | 1591.7 × 2058.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1866 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • AGGRESSION • ARMOR • ART • ARTS • BATTLE • BIBLE OT • BIBLICAL • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • COMBAT • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • DAY • DEATH OF ABIMELECH • DISPUTE • DORE, GUSTAVE • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FIGHT • FIGHTING • GUERRA • HISTORICAL CLOTHING • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • LANCE • LANCES • LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE • LEGEND • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OLD TESTAMENT • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PRINT • RELIGION • SCUFFLE • SHIELD • SOLDIER • SPEAR • SPIRITUALITY • STONE WALL • STRUGGLE • TROOPS • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WAR • WARFARE • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WARS • XIX CENTURY