Solomon and Sheba (1959)

George Sanders: Adonijah

Photos 

Quotes 

• Adonijah : [to Solomon]  You and your Sheban slut have defiled the fair name of Israel.

• Solomon : Too long this soil has been bathed in blood.

  Adonijah : Have you lost your taste for blood now that the heat of battle is over?

  Solomon : After seeing the glory of victory, the greater glory of peace makes itself known.

  Adonijah : Peace is for women and children.

• Adonijah : The sword of victory, Solomon.

  Solomon : And the shield of God, Adonijah.

• Adonijah : Solomon! What are you doing here?

  Solomon : On my way to Jerusalem, we got word the Egyptians were on the prowl again. I thought you might need some help.

  Adonijah : You are better suited to singing songs than exploits on the field of battle.

  Solomon : Our father David was a singer of songs, but he's also a mighty warrior.

• Adonijah : Your law may be the Word, Chancellor. Mine is the sword.

• Solomon : I know what is in your heart. All I ask is that you love your country as much as you hate me.

  Adonijah : That would make me the greatest patriot in the history of Israel.

• Adonijah : I am trying to decide if you are the wisest of the wise or the fool of fools.

• Adonijah : Has the screaming eagle been transformed into a cooing dove?

• Adonijah : You look like two birds who have hatched out a nest full of snakes.

• Pharaoh : There's one thing I want from you. You will be the instrument of my punishment of Sheba - for her betrayal of me.

  Adonijah : On *that*, Majesty, you can rely.

• Adonijah : I have more important things than to occupy myself with a rabbit hunt.

• Adonijah : In the Israel that I rule, there is no sanctuary for a pagan harlot.