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Synopsis:\xa0 The destruction of Jerusalem.\nShalim (semetic):\xa0 Caananite god of dusk and the evening star, paired with Shahar, god of dawn and the morning star.\xa0 Root of Hebrew shalom and Arabic salam(peace), associated with sunset and the completion of the workday.\xa0 Related to the Caananite sun goddess Shapash, a possible manifestation of Shamash.\xa0 An element in the names of King David\u2019s sons Solomon and Absalom.\xa0 Original guardian, patron and protective deity of Jerusalem.\xa0\n\u201cBefore the fifteenth of July all Syria had sworn the same allegiance.\xa0 Vespasian\u2019s cause was now joined also by Sohaemus with his entire kingdom, whose strength was not to be despised, and by Antiochus who had enormous ancestral wealth, and was in fact the richest of the subject princes.\xa0 Presently Agrippa, summoned from Rome by private messages from his friends, while Vitellius was still unaware of his action, quickly crossed the sea and joined the cause.\u201d \u2013 Tacitus, The Histories, Book II\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices