Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Joshua Captures Five Kings at Makkedah

The five Amorite kings who hid in the cave at Makkedah are brought out before Joshua, who summons his commanders to set their feet upon their necks (Joshua 10). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Joshua Captures Five Kings at Makkedah by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Joshua 10:16
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872), Die Bibel in Bildern, Leipzig: Georg Wigand, 1860.Source

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About Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

1794-1872 · German

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German Nazarene painter whose "Die Bibel in Bildern" (1852–1860), a cycle of 240 woodcuts, became one of the most widely circulated Protestant Bible picture books of the 19th century.