>>19912635>>19912637>>19912640>>19912642In Phoenicia, Ninurta/Saturn was known as Melqart/El. Both Herodotus and Lucian claimed to visit the temple of Melqart in Phoenicia and both concluded that there were two different deities called Heracles - one the Olympian and the other "Tyrian Heracles" (Ninurta). Yahweh's temple was EXPLICITLY modeled after Melqart's temple with his two pillars at the entrance (Hercules pillars that separate the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean). Also, the foundation myth of Tyre includes a burning tree that wasn't consumed, with a serpent around its base. Clear biblical parallels. Many many other connections. This is true, because people from Tyre built Solomon's temple. Even the king of Tyre, Hiram is referred to as a "brother" (achi) by David, and Josephus stated that he was of the tribe of Naphtali. Also as I said earlier, both worshipped regional variants Akkadian/Mesopotamian deities (Abraham came from Ur around the same time Akkad controlled Canaan) Also, one weird theory I've heard of was that the Davidic kingdom was actually in south Arabia. You know the South Arabians literally worshipped Mesopotamian gods as well, Shems (Arabic word for sun) is literally Shamash, the Babylonian god of judgement and of the sun.
