Absalom's Accident Giclee Print
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Absalom
In the Old Testament ( 2 Sam. xviii), the handsome but rebellious son of David who "stole the hearts of the men of Israel" and plotted to become king in his father's stead. In the battle in which the issue was decided, Absalom, who rode on a mule, was caught by his head in an oak tree; and one of David's army, finding him so suspended, killed him in spite of the previous commands of the King. David's lament, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee," has become a classic expression of paternal grief.
Absalom Giclee Print
Tissot, James
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