The Nephites discovered in Mulek's descendants an additional witness concerning the destruction of Jerusalem. He mentions the fact that they “planted many colonies throughout Libya and not a few as well in the western parts of Europe.” And that they ventured out “beyond the Pillars of Heracles into the sea.” Then, as they were in the Atlantic, they were “driven by strong winds a great distance out into the ocean” and were “storm-tossed for many days.” Finally, they arrived ashore to this “island” and “had observed its felicity.” He claims that the Tyrrhenians were intent on colonizing it, but the Phoenicians from Carthage kept them from doing it. Some scholars have vehemently denied these allegations, though the descriptions are … Mulek is a nickname derived from melek (Hebrew, king), a diminutive term of endearment meaning "little king." The Bible, in II Kings 25:4, describes King Zedekiah's escape through such a tunnel during the siege. The Seal of Mulek. Its longer form occurs in the Bible as Malkiyahu (in English, Malchiah), meaning "Jehovah is king." "Mulek" is not found anywhere in the Bible, but any student of Semitic languages will instantly recognize it as the best-known form of diminutive or caritative, a term … Writings from the ancient Greek historian Diodorus from 56 BC tell the story. Biblical scholarship now bears out this Book of Mormon claim: King Zedekiah had a son named Mulek. Robert F. Smith suggested that the Mulekites got to America with Phoenician help.1 Hugh Nibley did also, noting that there are names in the Book of Mormon that may have Phoenician ties.2 We read in the Bible that early on, the Kings of Israel had political and friendship ties with the Kings of Sidon (Tsydon) and Tyre. Ancient Phoenicia also produced the rare purple dye that came from a special snail. Even more brief is the account of a surviving son of King Zedekiah, puppet King of Judah, set up by the conquering Babylonians. The difference between the two is dictated by how close to the Law of Nature (a.k.a. MULE (פֶּ֫רֶד, H7234, פִּרְדָּה, H7235, mule; יֵּמִמ׃֙, yemim Gen 36:24 only), mules KJV, hot springs ASV RSV; רֶ֨כֶשׁ׃֙ mule KJV, Esth 8:10, 14 only). Based on the shipbuilding technology of their time, both voyages would have been challenging, though not impossible. Malchiah is identified as "the son of Hammelech" in Jeremiah 38:6. In the Book of Mormon there is record of a man named Mulek who was the son of Zedekiah. Their history spans over one thousand years, from 600 BC to 450+ AD and occupies most of the Book of Mormon text. Malchiah is identified as "the son of Hammelech" in Jeremiah 38:6. Mulek, the son of Zedekiah, is mentioned several times in the Book of Mormon (see Mosiah 25:2; Helaman 6:10; 8:21) but not in the Bible—at least not in a way that people have recognized, until just recently. They discovered the North Star which the Greeks were to name the Phoenician Star in their honor. The Mulekites were elated to have access to Nephite records, since their own language and traditions had been distorted in the absence of historical documents. The Bible records that all the sons of Zedekiah were slain ( 2 Kgs. (book), http://farms.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=806, http://www.nephiproject.com/Newsletter/Do%20the%20Mulekites%20Help, http://web.archive.org/web/20080209224134/http://users.cyberone.com.au/. cannot be correct: better tr. He found that the greater part of them resembled, often in detail, the ancient writings of the Old World and compiled a catalog of nearly 2000 such scripts. He seems to have quite a bit of knowledge about it. (Mosiah 25:13). Intrigued, he spent the later part of his life copying and recording these inscriptions. See this page in the original 1992 publication. Later, a group of Nephites under the leadership of Mosiah(1) joined with, and culturally dominated them, though they were fewer in number. It is therefore possible that the Mulek of the Book of Mormon is "Malchiah, son of the king" mentioned in Jeremiah 38:6. We embarked from Ezion-Geber into the Red Sea and voyaged with ten ships. Mules are sterile; the few records of fertile mules, mostly old, are not generally accepted. As far as we know, in the ancient Levant only the Phoenicians had knowledge of the Americas , and they kept the knowledge secret to themselves for a place where they could flee, as shown from the ancient records of Diodurus outlined below. The Parahyba inscription, also discovered in Brazil, was later translated from the Phoenician over 25 years ago and here is what this remarkable record has to say: We are sons of Canaan from Sidon, the city of the king. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z, https://eom.byu.edu/index.php?title=Mulek&oldid=4765. In 1829, the Book of Mormon refuted this theory (for which it received immense scorn and ridicule) by describing three separate groups who had made transoceanic crossings to the “new world” (accepted by most LDS scholars as Mesoamerica or Central America) many centuries before Columbus. Volumes have been written about the prophet Lehi and his descendants who arrived from Jerusalem sometime after 600 BC. 8:21 ). Read more about DNA in Bible History Daily. steed. The Book of Mormon account tells us that he had one son who escaped. A son of the Old Testament king Zedekiah (about 589 B.C. Concerning Mulek's existence, the Bible offers important evidence. Genesis 36:24 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. Solomon made an alliance with King Hiram of Tyre, who supplied materials for Solomon's temple, as well as Hiram Abi (Abiff), the metal worker, who is at the core of the Freemasonic ritual. The craft of glass making was raised to a fine art by Phoenician artisans, and they may have been the first to develop blown glass. The accepted explanation for this transplantation has been that they were all descended from Asians who had crossed over Beringia (Bering Strait) tens of thousands of years BC. The Mulekites lived thenceforth among the Nephites, enjoying separate-but-equal status and ultimately outnumbering the descendants of Nephi (Mosiah 25:1-4, 13). It is also known that names ending in -yahu (in English, -iah ) were common during the late First Temple period, that Zedekiah indeed had a son named Malkiyahu (Aharoni, p. 22), and that the familial forms of yahu -names were shorter than their "full" forms. We are not the first to suggest a Phoenician connection to the Mulekites. 25; Jer. And there is no doubt that he is describing America, long before Columbus. Update. the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom King James Word Usage - Total: 8 Molech 8 The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." They were also called on to decorate many palaces throughout Mesopotamia. The Book of Mormon also introduces us to a much earlier culture known as the Jaredites who left Babylonia sometime between the 19th and 20th centuries BC from the Tower of Babel. It is precisely this logic that ties the Phoenicians to Mulek, because it was they alone who could provide precisely what Mulek and the fleeing Jews needed: a place to go that was unknown to those who were seeking after them. Just prior to his death, Amaleki completed the Book of Omni by briefly recording the account of King Mosiah’s discovery of the people of Zarahemla—the Mulekites. Much of what we know of them from ancient times was recorded by Greek and Roman historians who mentioned their seamanship and shrewd business acumen. Diodorus relates that there are “islands” which are in the “ocean.” And one in particular of “considerable size” lies quite a distance from “Libya” (i.e. "The Prince and the Pauper." Avigad, Nahman. Africa), and it is a long voyage of “a number of days to the west.” He says the land is fruitful and beautiful. And who else was fleeing from the Babylonians besides the Phoenicians? Nebuchadnezzar slew Zedekiah's sons and courtiers, put his eyes out, and deported him to Babylon (Josephus, Antiquities, 10.8.2). ). 'from the hand of Baal'], and we were no longer with our companions. He was named Mulek and was probably an infant (or perhaps in the womb) when, with some kind of entourage, left Jerusalem and arrived in Mesoamerica at approximately the same time as Lehi’s group (600 BC). The KJV tr. Africa), and it is a long voyage of “a number of days to the west.” He says the land is fruitful and beautiful. This historical record suggests to us that the Phoenicians may have had contact with the Book of Mormon peoples in America. He relates that it remained “undiscovered because of its distance from the entire inhabited world,” but that the Phoenicians discovered it accidentally. According to the Book of Mormon, the Nephites and "Mulekites" formed a coalition, making Mosiah 2 king over both groups. (Hebrews pered), so called from the quick step of the animal or its power of carrying loads. Mulek is a nickname derived from melek (Hebrew, king), a diminutive term of endearment meaning "little king." Malchiah is identified as "the son of Hammelech" in Jeremiah 38:6. But nothing in the Bible or other known sources precludes the possibility of his escape from Jerusalem. Mulek is a nickname derived from melek (Hebrew, king), a diminutive term of endearment meaning "little king." http://www.nephiproject.com/Newsletter/Do%20the%20Mulekites%20Help %20Solve%20an%20Historic%20Mystery.pdf3. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 197 (Feb. 1970):16-42. This historical record suggests to us that the Phoenicians may have had contact with the Book of Mormon peoples in America. Items the Phoenicians exported were cedar, pine, fine linen, embroideries, metalwork, glass, wine, salt and dried fish. Scientists agree that all human beings on the American Continent were originally transplanted from the Eastern Hemisphere. He relates that it remained “undiscovered because of its distance from the entire inhabited world,” but that the Phoenicians discovered it accidentally. PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROUTE OF MULEK’S COLONY. So we have come here, twelve men and three women, on a ..... shore which I, the Admiral, control. Mulek somehow managed to escape. The Book of Mormon states that after escaping from Judah, Mulek traveled to the Americas and established a civilization there. Biblical scholarship now bears out this Book of Mormon claim: King Zedekiah had a son named M ule k. Robert F. Smith suggested that the Mulekites got to America with Phoenician help. The Bible describes the children of ancient Israel as being used much like animals for burned offerings, sometimes to even appease the Judeo-Christian god Jehovah. This was because they didn't want all the people of Carthage to leave. He mentions the fact that they “planted many colonies throughout Libya and not a few as well in the western parts of Europe.” And that they ventured out “beyond the Pillars of Heracles into the sea.” Then, as they were in the Atlantic, they were “driven by strong winds a great distance out into the ocean” and were “storm-tossed for many days.” Finally, they arrived ashore to this “island” and “had observed its felicity.” He claims that the Tyrrhenians were intent on colonizing it, but the Phoenicians from Carthage kept them from doing it. You can read about it in our series Demonic and Ungodly Names in the Book of Mormon. And Molek is no exception. the Word of God) the king operates. Rainey, Anson. Mulek is a nickname derived from melek (Hebrew, king), a diminutive term of endearment meaning "little king." We are not the first to suggest a Phoenician connection to the Mulekites. Their allies the Jewish aristocracy and elites. Today, the theory of transoceanic crossings to America is a hotly debated topic, and while the majority opinion still resides with the Beringia theory alone, more and more evidence points to transoceanic crossings. These people were eventually discovered by Nephite refugees from lamanite predations in the south. In the summer of 586 B.C., when the troops of King Nebuchadrezzar breached the walls of Jerusalem, King Zedekiah of Judah and a large company of warriors attempted to escape by night to the East. Mulek (/ ˈmjuːlɛk /), according to the Book of Mormon, was the only surviving son of Zedekiah, the last King of Judah, after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem. Their theorized circumnavigation of Africa around 600 BC, mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus, would have been a remarkable achievement, but it has also been postulated that the Phoenicians ventured across the Atlantic to the Americas. Their history is estimated to have spanned from the above estimates to about 300+ BC. The mule is a hybrid, the offspring of a donkey and a horse. The Bible wouldn't be the Bible without some punny subtext. They were the first people to sail past the 'Pillars of Hercules' (Gibraltar) and discover the Atlantic. This is consistent with viewing the hypocoristic Mulek as the diminutive of Malkiyahu, since a is often assimilated to o or u in the vocalic structure of most Semitic languages. "Jerahmeel & Baruch." pered), so called from the quick step of the animal or its power of carrying loads. We set [sacrificed] a youth for the exalted gods and goddesses in the nineteenth year of Hiram, our mighty king. Jeremiah 38:6 mentions “Malchiah the son of Hammelech,” which could also be a reference to this same Mulek. The Book of Mormon account tells us that he had one son who escaped. Its longer form occurs in the Bible as Malkiyahu (in English, Malchiah), meaning "Jehovah is king." 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