Batheba sits at the right hand of her son, King Solomon, and conveys to him the request of Solomon's brother Adonijah. She asks for Adonijah's hand in marriage to Abisag. Solomon becomes enraged and orders Adonijah to be killed. In the background, Adonijah is stabbed with a lance. Below the scene a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Kings 2, Batishah submits Adonijah's request to Solomon History of Solomon Theatrum biblicum , print maker: Hans Collaert (I), (attributed to), Jan Snellinck (I), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1579 and/or 1596

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