
Solomon Receives Gold from Ophir's Ships
King Solomon holds a gold bar beside a chest of gold and jewels while a smiling sailor stands by. A ship with a striped sail is moored at the quay.
Prompt
2 Chronicles 8: At Ezion-geber on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom, King Solomon greets his ships returning from Ophir, sailed by Huram's experienced seamen with Solomon's servants, laden with four hundred and fifty talents of gold. Solomon, crowned and in royal robes, is large and central on a stone quay, lifting a heavy gleaming gold ingot from an open chest that a sunburnt Phoenician sailor has just set before him, both men smiling; behind them a tall Phoenician ship with a striped square sail is moored against the quay, and the turquoise gulf is ringed by rugged red desert mountains. Brilliant clear late-afternoon sunshine; a prosperous, triumphant mood. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.
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