Bible pictures of pharaoh hatshepsut

Thutmosis I had no son by his great royal wife, Ahomse, but he also had a secondary wife named Mutnofret, who produced a son known as Thutmosis II.

He was probably in his late teens when his father died, but he had been married to Hatshepsut, the daughter of Thutmosis I and Ahmose, and that gave him a legitimate claim to the throne. No one can be certain how long he reigned, but it may have been less than six years.

Apparently, the Nubians in the south thought it an auspicious time to stage a revolt, and Thutmosis rose to the occasion.

“His majesty grew furious as a leopard when he heard it. Then his majesty said, ‘As I live, as I love Re, as I praise my father the lord of the gods, Amun lord of Karnak, I shall not permit one of their males to live.’ Then his majesty sent a large army to Nubia .

.

Bible pictures of pharaoh hatshepsut the great

. to cast down all those who rebelled against his majesty and revolted against the Lord of the Two Lands. This army reached the wretched land of Kush;