The Search for King Solomon’S Mines

By Dr. Diana Prince

For centuries, adventurers have sought the legendary mines of King Solomon. But this is not a fable. This is not a myth. This is the true story of King Solomons Mines.

It also explores the characters in the real dramaKing Solomon and the Queen of Shebatheir alliance and their love story.

Astounding sources from the ancient world verify the location of the mines and the capital city that the Bible refers to as Ophir, the City of Gold. Here, also, you will see photographs of the places as they exist today.

The real story is more compelling than any novel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504947046

Dr. Diana Prince

Dr. Diana Prince has a Master’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from California State University at San Diego. She has a PhD in Psychology from United States International University.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/12/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4703-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4705-3 (hc)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015914266

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Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 King Solomon

Chapter 2 The Queen of Sheba

Chapter 3 The City of Gold

Chapter 4 Follow the Gold

Chapter 5 Son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Chapter 6 Great Zimbabwe Site

Chapter 7 The Builders of Great Zimbabwe

Chapter 8 Ark of the Covenant

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure A Excavation at the Mahram Bilqis, which was the Temple of the Queen of Sheba in Marib, Yemen.

Figure B A portion of the Hill Complex with imposing granite rock, rises above the Great Zimbabwe hills. The greater region is bound in the north by the Zambezi River, and in the south by the Limpopo River.

Figure C These walls of the Great Enclosure are part of the palace of the Queen of Sheba near Masvingo, Zimbabwe.

Figure D The towers at the entrance to the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe. The rocks in the massive towers have been fitted together without mortar or other binding materials.

Figure E At sunset, the entrance to the historic Hill Complex at Great Zimbabwe overlooks the vast terrain that served as a gold mining and processing center even before the days of the Biblical King David. Here at Great Zimbabwe was the African city of Ophir, which the Queen of Sheba made her capital city.

Figure F Ancestors of the Shona Tribe built the wall around Imbahuru which in the Kalanga dialect means The House of the Great Woman. The wall is 820 feet in length, and has a height of 32 feet.

Figure G Early morning inside the Great Enclosure. Several centuries after the Queen of Sheba, tribal kings in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries used this enclosure to house their many wives.

Figure H This section of the Hill Complex was believed to be holy ground and used for rituals and prayers.

Figure I Sunset view inside the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe.

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PREFACE

This book explores the truth about King Solomon’s Mines. It has been over 130 years since H. Rider Haggard’s adventure classic. Since that time, several spectacular movie versions have periodically kept the adventure alive.

But this is not a fable. This is not a myth. This is the true story of Solomon’s Mines.

It also explores the characters in the real drama, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba – their alliance and their love story.

Astounding sources from the ancient world verify the location of the mines, and the capital city which the Bible refers to as Ophir, the City of Gold.

Here, also, you will see photographs of the places as they exist today.

The real story is more compelling than any novel.

Dr. Diana Prince

Chapter 1

KING SOLOMON

King Solomon was born in 967 B.C. Solomon was the Son of the Warrior King David, and the builder of the First Temple of Jerusalem.

King David had committed adultery with Bathsheba, and her husband Uriah the Hittite was murdered. Solomon was the son of David and Bathsheba.

The name Solomon is derived from the Hebrew word for peace - Shalom.

In the book of Samuel 12:24-25, we are told that Solomon’s secondary name was Jedidiah, which means he who is beloved by Yahweh.

He was revered as Patriarch of the Jews, and respected as a wise man by both the Gentiles and the Muslims. In the Muslim faith, he is revered as Sulieman.

We are told in 1 Kings 1-1 and 2 Chronicles 1-9 that when Solomon was to ascend the throne, God appeared to him and said, Ask what I shall give you. Solomon acknowledged himself as God’s poor servant who was now to take his father’s place as king. He felt the great weight of responsibility. He knew that his father had been steadfast all his life in leading his people. Solomon was paralyzed by his inexperience, and wanted to be a great man and king as his father before him. He responded to God’s question that he most wanted an understanding mind to govern thy people, that I may discern between good and evil.

God, we