Ngo-1910 abavubukuli bathola lapho izindengezi ezazinemibhalo, kunemibhalo yokuthunyelwa kwewayini namafutha omnqumo noma izintela ezazikhokhwa. Kodwa amagama amaningi abantu ayenegama elithi baʹal kuwo. Kungase kukuthakazelise futhi ukuthi abavubukuli bathola nezingcezu zemihlobiso eyenziwe ngezimpondo zendlovu, njengoba kuboniswe lapha. Khumbula ukuthi esikhathini eside ngaphambili eyoku-1 AmaKhosi 22:39 yakhuluma ngokuthi uAhabi wakha ‘indlu yezimpondo zendlovu.’ Mhlawumbe lokhu kuhlanganisa impahla yasendlini enemihlobiso eyenziwe ngezimpondo zendlovu, njengobukhazikhazi ‘bemibhede yophondo lwendlovu’ umprofethi uAmose abhekisela kuyo ekhulwini leminyaka kamuva. (Amose 3:12, 15; 6:1, 4) Phakathi kwemidwebo eyayikuyo kwakunowesilwane esinamaphiko, esinomzimba webhubesi, nobuso bomuntu kanye neminye imifanekiso ephathelene nezinganekwane zaseGibithe.

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