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Story of Solomon and the child
Biblical story of Solomon and the
child
Biblical story depicted in the courtroom mural.
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... Twelve judges listened. Who knows what thoughts
ran through their minds? Perhaps some were accompli-
ces in our destruction. Maybe others were ashamed of
what their people did. Above their heads on the large
wall of the courtroom I noticed a multicolored mural,
depicting the famous Biblical story of Solomon and the
child, whom two different women claimed as their own.
King Solomon was portrayed with the child on his lap,
grasping a sword with which to divide it in two, as were
the two women who came to him seeking justice. ...Connected nodes