The Search For King Solomon's Treasure eBook: The Lost Isles of Gold and the Garden of Eden

Introduction The resplendent sun glistened bright on a midsummer-morning on the ancient, narrow, stone streets of Jerusalem and the City of David.

In the distance, the smell of anticipation was in the air. It was about 970 B.C. and the unimaginable was under way. An ominous expectation loomed as the First Temple of God was being erected along with King Solomon’s Palace. Crowds began to converge along the thoroughfare as a very great train of camels paraded through the city gates inspiring awe and wonder into the hearts of the Israelites. The spectators peered at what appeared to be an extreme abundance of spices including frankincense, myrrh and cinnamon of such considerable store, the land of the tabernacle of God had never seen such prosperity before.

This was followed by a large troop of exotic golden-skinned peoples draped in blue and purple luxury linens and silks and decked with fine gold and precious stones. The women displayed Egyptian-style shebyu collars of gold and earrings and bracelets of pure gold bedazzled with baguettes. The men radiated with pride boasting their ancestral Sacred Thread, a heavy cord of finely woven solid gold swathed across their shoulders, breasts and adjoining in a knot at their waists, with belts intricately meshed of very fine gold, earrings, necklaces, gold and jewel embellished dagger handle, arm and leg bands all of authentic gold of Ophir. The yellow Gold of Sheba followed in the next progression as the dromedaries conveyed 4.5 tons of unblemished gold in wedges succeeded by a colorful rainbow of precious gemstones.

For this was an oblation to the Temple project commenced at the time of the enigmatic Queen of Sheba, one of the world’s very first female billionaires and likely one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest 15