obizwe ngu nkulunkulu futhi wasekelwa ngabantu n jengamalungu webandla, siyamenywa ukuba sisekela njalo abantu kubizo ukuba basebe-- nzele abanye. wayeqala unyaka wakhe ekholeji. "okhulumela amaphoyisa kwazulu--natal, ucaptain nqobile gwala, uthe kusukela ngesonto ebusuku amalungu omphakathi avala umgwaqo up522 eskhemelele. uthe umphakathi uvale umgwaqo ngezihlahla washisa namathayi wajikijela amaphoyisa ngamatshe." "wangishaya ngempama esidlathini sami esingakwesokudla kwabe sekuphuma igazi kusuka ekhoneni lomlomo wami. lena akuyona indaba yakhe kuphela. umnawakhe kamuyi, umnu. ndabenkulu gumede, uthe njengemuli basele bethithibele kodwa bethokoza ngendlela umuyi abeziphethe ngayo langendlela abesekelwe ngayo ngumphakathi kules’isikhathi esinzima. “ngizoqhubeka ngilayishe abafundi kuze kube umnyango uqhamuka nesixazululo sokuthi senzenjani uma ethi asiyeke ngamaveni. nginazo izincwadi zokushayela, nginayo imvume yokulayisha abantu nemoto engiyisebenzisayo isesimweni, uma besibophela ukuthi silayisha abafundi ngokweqile ngeke sibaphikise kodwa uma sizoboshelwa ukuthi silayisha ngamaveni kudlalwa ngathi.” okungelula--ke nokho ukuthatha lezizikhathi zemibuso uzifake esibalweni senkathi, „inkathi yempela“, okubalwa ngayo esikhathini esiphila kuso. ngokwempela--nje asazi ukuthi ukukhothama kukasolomoni kwakungayiphi iminyaka [ngesibalo senkathi ngokwenkathi yempela] – nòma kwakungowamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye namashumi amathathu nambili, nòma kungamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye namashumi amabili nesithupha noma nesihlanu ngaphambi kwenkathi esiphila kuyo [932 noma 926/25 ph.khr.], asazi. inkinga--ke yikuthi ukulinganisela ngezikhathi zemibuso eyalandela lapho nxazombili kuthathelwa lapho. leyo ngeyodwa--nje ingxaki keziningi ezinye. zixazululeka--ke nokho ngokuthi izigigaba ezithile ethestamenteni elidala [thd] ziqhathaniswe nezaqoshwa ngeminyaka ethile emibhalweni yabaseasirya neyabasebhabhiloni. ngalokho--ke sazi ngokungangabazeki – sithathela embhalweni „inqolobane yemniningwane ngomlando wakwelasebhabhiloni“, okuyinqolobane eyayilotshwé ngendlela yasemandulo – ukuthi ukuqhwagwa nokunqotshwa kokuqala kwejerusalema kwenzeka zilishumi nesithupha kundasa ngowamakhulu amahlanu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesikhombisa ngaphambi kwesikhathi esiphila kuso [16 mashi 597 ph.khr.]. kuyangabazeka nokho ukuthi ukuqhwagwa kwesibili nokubhidlizwa kwejerusalema kwakungehlobo lonyaka wamakhulu amahlanu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesikhombisa [587 ph.khr.] noma kowamakhulu amahlanu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesithupha phambi kwenkathi esiphila kuyo [586 ph.khr.] ngoba kuthi nje--ke maqondana nale minyaka „inqolobane yemniningwane ngomlando wakwelasebhabhiloni“ ibe nesikhala okungabhalwé lutho kuso.