Historic illustrations of the Bible : principally after the old masters (1840)
London : Fisher, Son, & Co. · leaf 118
sin. The artifice of the fatal letter which David sent to Joab, is one of themany instances in which mythology seems indebted to the Holy Scriptures; itis similar in many respects to the legend of Bellerophon, who carried tablets ofa fatal tendency from Inrtus to king Jobatcs ; and, the stratagem… … V X DAVID DONNANT A URIR LA LETTRE PATALK. LE Icndcmain matin David envoya a Joab, par Urie meme, unc lettre ecriteen ces tcrmos: Mettcz Uric a la tete do vos gens ou le combat sera le jjIusrude: et faites en sorte quil soit abandonne, et (juil y perisse. Joab con-tinuant done le siege de la villc,…
Bible · Engraving, European
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
