>>20330380Did you know that Jeremiah and Baruch came to Britain and Ireland ?
One of the most amazing legends in Irish history links the biblical prophet Jeremiah with the Emerald Isle. Oxford's Mary Rogers recounts several versions of the Jeremiah story. Each version tells of Jeremiah fleeing from Jerusalem at the time of the Babylonian conquest. One account makes "Jeremiah flee to Ireland with Tea Tephi, eldest daughter of Zedekiah and Scotia his youngest daughter" (Prospects of Fermanagh, 1982, pp. 31–32). (Zedekiah was the last king to occupy the throne of Judah). Other accounts have Jeremiah and a princess or princesses and a man named Barak or Baruch leaving Egypt for the "Isles of the West" (The Book of Tephi, Goodchild, 1897)
Although this might sound quite fanciful to our modern ears, it fits directly with the Scriptures. In the Bible we learn that when Jerusalem fell, Jeremiah escaped, along with his scribe Baruch and "the king's daughters" to Egypt where they resided at the city of Tahpanhes (Jeremiah 43:5–7). The Bible reveals little else about this group of refugees. There are no clear statements about where they may have gone from Egypt. However, there are clues, both in the Scriptures and in history—especially the history of Ireland!
Ancient Irish legends recount that in addition to the king's daughters, Jeremiah brought with him "some national treasures from the Temple. The most important of these was the Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny, Jacob's stone". The Bible relates that Jacob, the forefather of the Israelite tribes, set up a stone pillar after making a covenant with God (Genesis 28:13–22). It was also a custom in ancient Israel to crown kings over a stone (Judges 9:6; 2 Kings 11:12–14)
Zedekiah was the twentieth and final King of Judah before the destruction of the Judahite kingdom by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon
Jeramiah is buried at He is buried at Cairn T, Loughcrew, Ireland
Tea Tephi is buried at Tara HiIl, Ireland
