Keywords: William de Brailes - Top - The Gibeonites Make Peace (Joshua 9 -3-15) - Walters W10619V - Full Page.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator William de Brailes These images from Walters manuscript w 106 depict scenes from the story of Joshua Top When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what the Israelites had done to Ai they decided to make peace with them They pretended to be from far away and dressed up in worn-out clothes carried old provisions and told the Israelites that they were their servants And Joshua made peace with them Bottom The kings of the Amorites made war against Gibeon The Gibeonites beseeched Joshua to help them ca 1250 Medieval ink pigment parchment cm 13 2 9 5 accession number W 106 19V 31049 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore June 6 1903 by purchase see The Diaries of George Lucas Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 Translation the inscription ABOVE the image has been partially cut off but the remainder reads came to the Hebrews on account of the marvels that they had heard speak of if they offered bread and wine to them; Transliteration vindrent as hebrus pour le marvailes que aveint oi dire si lur offrirent pain e vin Translation the inscription BELOW the image reads Then the Gibeonites were invaded by several kings of the mountains They were rescued by Joshua because God killed them with hail from the sky; Transliteration puis furent le gaboenite envai de plusurs reis des mutaines par iosue sunt delivre quar deu les tua par gresile du cel place of origin Oxford England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W106 - Bible Pictures by William de Brailes Gibeon Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |