Selemong sa 2005 baepolli ba lintho tsa khale ba neng ba epolla ba tšepa hore ba tla fumana ntlo ea borena ea Morena Davida, ba ile ba fumana mohaho o moholo oa majoe oo ba lumelang hore o ile oa senngoa ha Bababylona ba ne ba etsa Jerusalema lesupi lilemong tse ka holimo ho 2 600 tse fetileng, mehleng ea moprofeta oa Molimo, Jeremia. Ha ho tsebahale hore na mohaho oo ke masalla a ntlo ea borena ea Davida kapa che. Leha ho le joalo, moepolli oa lintho tsa khale, Eilat Mazar, o ile a hlokomela ntho e ’ngoe e thahasellisang—tiiso ea letsopa [5] e bophara ba senthimithara e neng e ngotsoe tjena: “Ho Yehuchal mora oa Shelemiyahu mora oa Shovi.” Ho hlakile hore mongolo ona o ne o hatisitsoe ka tiiso ea Yehuchal, (kapa Jukale), ofisiri ea Mojuda e boletsoeng ka Bibeleng e neng e hanyetsa Jeremia.—Jeremia 37:3; 38:1-6.

Mazar o re Jukale ke lona feela “letona la bobeli la morena” le neng le hlahlama Gemaria, mora oa Shafane, eo lebitso la hae le hlahang mongolong o hatisitsoeng tiisong e ileng ea fumanoa Motseng oa Davida. Bibele e hlalosa Jukale, mora oa Shelemia (Shelemiyahu), e le khosana ea Juda. Pele tiiso ena e sibolloa, o ne a tsejoa ka Mangolong feela.

3: Musée du Louvre, Paris; 4: Photograph taken by courtesy of the British Museum; 5: Gabi Laron/Institute of Archaeology/Hebrew University © Eilat Mazar