Pandora's Ark

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At the precise moment of dawn when Jerusalem became capped with a blood-red sky, the old priest stood along the edge of the parapet that surrounded the city and measured the vast numbers of Shishak’s army that stretched endlessly across the desert landscape.

Days earlier, runners brought forth news that Shishak’s ranks had taken the city of Judah in the north, and planned to march on Jerusalem for treasures of gold and coin to proffer to their false gods.

To the Hebrews he was known as Shishak. To the Egyptians, Sheshong I, the warrior king of Egypt’s 22nd Dynasty, who knew no boundaries when it came to war. With a league of 1200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen made up of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites packed so close together, not a foot of land could be seen between them.

As the old man stood there in examination a warm breeze began to stir, causing his triangular-shaped beard to flag over his shoulder as an undeniable sadness filled him with a horrible reality. Even with the heat of the desert sun as an ally and towering walls to stop an approach, they were not enough to counter the pharaoh’s army.

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