Detail of Panel 2 - The Crusader Bible of Louis IX or Maciejowski Bible or The Bible of Shah Abbas

The Crusader Bible of Louis IX or Maciejowski Bible or The Bible of Shah Abbas

MS Ludwig I 6 verso. Detail of Panel 2

Joab disregards David's order to bring Absalom back alive and impales Absalom with two spears, while preparing to thrust a third into Absalom's body. Absalom gets entangled in a low hanging tree and ends up dieing while hanging from his hair.

Joab disregards David's order to bring Absalom back alive and impales Absalom with two spears, while preparing to thrust a third into Absalom's body. Absalom gets entangled in a low hanging tree and ends up dieing while hanging from his hair.
(2 Samuel 18)

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