Kinda

 

makes me happy really :-).

Ancient inscription on jar found in Israel links kingdoms of Solomon and Sheba

"For more than a decade, archaeologists have struggled to decipher an inscription carved into the neck of a broken jar that dates back to King Solomon's reign in ancient Israel. Now, researchers have finally revealed the mysterious message's meaning."

"Based on the new interpretation, published in January in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, the inscription was engraved using Ancient South Arabian script in Sabaean, a common language that was spoken during biblical times on the Arabian Peninsula in the kingdom of Sheba, in what is today Yemen.

"The shard of pottery — which archaeologists found buried alongside portions of six other large jars during a 2012 excavation in Ophel, a section of Jerusalem — dates to the 10th century B.C. Researchers consider it a "clear connection" to the biblical kingdom of Solomon and the nearby kingdom of Sheba, according to the statement."

"Centuries ago, the kingdom of Sheba was instrumental in cultivating the plants needed to produce perfume and incense, while the kingdom of Solomon controlled the trade routes that crisscrossed the Negev desert and led to the Mediterranean ports where goods were then exported, according to the study."

"Deciphering the inscription on this jar teaches us not only about the presence of a speaker of Sabaean in Israel during the time of King Solomon, but also about the geopolitical relations system in our region at that time — especially in light of the place where the jar was discovered, an area known for also being the administrative center during the days of King Solomon," Vainstub said in the statement.

"This is another testament to the extensive trade and cultural ties that existed between Israel under King Solomon and the Kingdom of Sheba," he said.

Yeah...Lil more about;

The kingdom of Sheba

(The light green on the left 

is modern day Ethiopia/Eritrea 

(granted independence from Ethiopia in 1993).

"Bible stories of the Queen of Sheba and the ships of Ophir served as a basis for legends about the Israelites traveling in the Queen of Sheba's entourage when she returned to her country to bring up her child by Solomon."

[15]  Haïm Zʿew Hirschberg; Hayyim J. Cohen (2007), "ARABIA", Encyclopaedia Judaica, vol. 3 (2nd ed.), Gale, p. 295

1 Kings 10:13 

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired— whatever she asked— besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

Hallie Salssie

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

"He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.'

Jamaican Rastafarians worshipped him as a God. 

They got that part wrong, (Obviously). 

He was however, Christ last living blood relative.

Now does:

make a lil more sense to you?

Where did Bob Marley get his ring from?

"Earlier in his life, Bob's other vision that one day he would be rewarded by a ring had been realised when Emperor Haile Selassie's son, Prince Asfaw Wossen, gave him a ring that once belonged to the Emperor himself. Bob wore the ring for the rest of his life and never took it off."

Not to mention:

"Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period."

And?

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Is the only one to include the Book of Enoch in its cannon.

"Church Fathers such as Justin Martyr, Athenagoras of Athens, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Tertullian, and Lactantius all speak highly of Enoch and contain many allusions to the Book of Enoch as well as in some instances advocating explicitly for the use of the Book of Enoch as Scripture."

"Apocryphal Books of Enoch"

"Three extensive Apocrypha are attributed to Enoch:"

"The Book of Enoch (aka 1 Enoch), composed in Hebrew or Aramaic and preserved in Ge'ez, first brought to Europe by James Bruce from Ethiopia and translated into English by August Dillmann and Reverent Schoode[10] – recognized by the Orthodox Tewahedo churches and usually dated between the third century BC and the first century AD."

"2 Enoch (aka Book of the Secrets of Enoch), preserved in Old Church Slavonic, and first translated in English by William Morfill[11] – usually dated to the first century AD.

3 Enoch, a Rabbinic text in Hebrew usually dated to the fifth century AD."

"These recount how Enoch was taken up to Heaven and was appointed guardian of all the celestial treasures, chief of the archangels, and the immediate attendant on the Throne of God. He was subsequently taught all secrets and mysteries and, with all the angels at his back, fulfils of his own accord whatever comes out of the mouth of God, executing His decrees. Some esoteric literature, such as 3 Enoch, identifies Enoch as Metatron, the angel which communicates God's word. In consequence, Enoch was seen, by this literature and the Rabbinic kabbalah of Jewish mysticism, as the one who communicated God's revelation to Moses, and, in particular, as the dictator of the Book of Jubilees.

"Ethiopia has 14 major rivers flowing from its highlands, including the Nile. It has the largest water reserves in Africa."

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