Caption:
Achitofel and the Arkite Chusai advise Absalom on the plan of battle against King David. In the background, Jonatan and Achimaeus - who were to deliver the news of the plan to King David - are hiding in a well in the yard of the house of a man from Bachurim. His wife places a shutter over the opening of the well so that nothing can be seen. Below the scene a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 2 Sam. 17. Achitofel and Chusai at Absalom History of David and Absalom Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti , print maker: Johannes Wierix, Maerten de Vos, publisher: Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1585, paper, engraving, h 196 mm × w 260 mm