Muna 1910 vacheri vamatongo vakawana imomo zvaenga zvine runyoro pazviri, zvine waini namafuta omuorivhi kana kuti mitero yakabhadharwa. Asi akawanda amazita avanhu pazviri aiva nebhaari. Kungava kwefariro kwauri kuti vacheri vamatongo vakawanawo zvisaririra zvezvakanatswa mukati nenyanga dzenzou, sezvinoratidzwa pano. Yeuka kuti 1 Madzimambo 22:39 kare kare yakadudza kuti Ahabhi akavaka “imba yenyanga dzenzou.” Zvichida ikoku kwakabatanidza fanicha yakavezwa yakanatswa nenyanga dzenzou, zvakadai se“mibhedha yenyanga dzenzou” yakaisvonaka iyo muporofita Amosi akanongedzera kwairi zana ramakore gare gare. (Amosi 3:12, 15; 6:1, 4) Pakati pezvinyeretedzo zviri pazviri pakanga pane zvikara zvine mapapiro nezvimwe zviratidzo zvakabva kungano dzeEgipita.

Inset: Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums; photograph from Israel Museum, Jerusalem