JUDAH, Queen Tamar Tephi

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Name	JUDAH, Tamar Tephi
Prefix	Queen
Gender	Female
Person ID	I43276	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

Father	King Zedekiah , b. 610 BC d. 512 BC
Family ID	F17857	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Prince Eochaid
Family ID	F22744	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

Family 2 IRELAND, King Heremond Ollaamh Fodhla , b. , , , Spain Spaind. Ireland

Marriage Abt 580

Children 5 sons

	1. King Muimhne , b. Ireland Ireland
	2. King Luighine
	3. King Laigheane , b. Ireland Ireland
+	4. IRELAND, King Irial Faidh bur. Magh, Donegal, IrelandMagh, Donegal, Ireland
	5. Dalap

Family ID F21310 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Jan 2022

Notes

Tamar Tephi was also known as Tea Tephi, the daughter of God's House, Princess of the House of David. She came to Ireland in 580 BC and brought with her a relic of immemorial antiquity said to be Jacob's Pillow of Stone. This became the Cornation Stone used by the Kings of Ireland and Scotland and later the Kings of England. ---------------- (Identified with Cronos and Saturn of Crete by Sanchoniatho, an ancient Phoeneician author, who writes of "Kronos, whom the Phoenicians call Isreal.' Kronos (Saturn) had a special son Jehud (cf. Judah and Jupiter). "Baetylos, the Stone swallowed by Kronos, the sacred stone of Zeus," corresponds to "Bethel-El, the stone carried by Israel." See "Ancient Fragments of Sanchoniatho, etc.," by I. P. Cory. Brit. Mus. 800 g. 10) quoted by Milner: The Royal House of Britain" pp. 12-13. The Stone of Scone, sometimes called the Stone of Destiny, measures 10 x 16 x 26 inches and weighs about 340 pounds. On each end is an iron ring. This was the stone (we are told) which Jacob used as a pillow when he had his famous dream. He called the stone Bethel -- God's House. Again at the same place, God spoke to Jacob saying, "I am the God of Bethel." Thus God associated himself with the stone. Jacob carried the stone to Egypt. (Perhaps this was when the iron rings were put in the ends to make the carrying easier). In the exodus from Egypt the Israelites carried the stone during their forty years of wandering in the wilderness. When they needed water, the Lord told Moses to smite the rock. He did so and out came water. It is believed this stone was the rock, and it was then that the rock received the crack which it now has. At last the stone was placed in the Temple at Jerusalem where it was used as the Coronation Seat for the kings of Israel, the last king being Zedekiah. In 578 B.C., Zedekiah and all of his people were captured except his beautiful daughter who was spirited away by a small group of people led by the prophet, Jeremiah, who carried with them a bell, an ark, David's harp and the Stone. They sought refuge in Ulster, Ireland, at the Court of a King who was their kinsman. This king, their kinsman, was a descendant of Joseph's younger son, Ephraim to whom the Stone and God's Covenant had descended. Ephriam's descendant, Gatholus was a prince and he had married Scota (for whom Scotland was later named) the daughter of Pharoah Rameses II. (This Pharoah seems to have had several names). Gatholus became a great explorer, his son, Iber, finally reaching the part of Ireland now known as Ulster. It was to Iber that Jeremiah took the daughter of the last king of Palestine and the Stone of Destiny. King Iber married his beautiful guest, so David's house which then had the stone, and Joseph'shouse to whom it had been bequeathed, were united. To both the Lord had made great promises. The Stone was taken from Ulster, Ireland, to Scone, Scotland, where it continued to be used as a coronation seat. There was a prophecy that whereverthat Stone was, there the descendants of Jacob (now the kings of Scotland) would reign. In 1296 it was taken by King Edward to England and used as the coronation seat for English kings, but in time a Scottish king (James) was sitting on the English throne. (Ref: The Stone of Scone Ancestry of Edgar Aetheling 929.273 C844e p 336 according to "A Short History England" by Edward Cheyney, p 121.) Ref: God's Covenant Race p 18-19 - To Judah, in the sceptre line, it may be observed that he was the father of twin sons, Pharez and Zerah (Gen. 38:29, 30 and 46:12). In the first chapter of St. Matthew, verses 2 to 16, the genealogy of Christ is traced from Pharez. Of Zerah came Mahol (I Kings 4:31) and his son Chalcol (I Kings 4:31, I Chron. 2:6), from whom is traced in ancient Irish genealogies a line of 21 kings to King Eochoaidh, the Heremon or head chief at Tara, Ireland, who married Tamar Tephi, daughter of King Zedekiah, about 580 B.C. This marriage united the Judah line through Pharez (Matt. 1:1, 16), the elder of the twins, with the Judah line through Zerah, the younger twin; this forming one genealogical chain by which Great Britain establishes its dynastic descent. King Zedekiah being a direct lineal descendant of Judah through Israel's great King David. Ref: God's Covenant Race p 18-19 - To Judah, in the sceptre line, it may be observed that he was the father of twin sons, Pharez and Zerah (Gen. 38:29, 30 and 46:12). In the first chapter of St. Matthew, verses 2 to 16, the genealogy of Christ is traced from Pharez. Of Zerah came Mahol (I Kings 4:31) and his son Chalcol (I Kings 4:31, I Chron. 2:6), from whom is traced in ancient Irish genealogies a line of 21 kings to King Eochoaidh, the Heremon or head chief at Tara, Ireland, who married Tamar Tephi, daughter of King Zedekiah, about 580 B.C. This marriage united the Judah line through Pharez (Matt. 1:1, 16), the elder of the twins, with the Judah line through Zerah, the younger twin; this forming one genealogical chain by which Great Britain establishes its dynastic descent, King Zedekiah being a direct lineal descendant of Judah through Israel's great King David. ------------------------- Church News - Editorial Page THE PROMISED LAND The December 1977 issue of the National Geographic magazine carried a most interesting article about "The Promised Land." It tells of the voyage of a group of Irish monks about 600 A.D. These early voyagers, according to tradition, came to America in a small boat made of leather. Their journey took seven years, according to the legend. It is not too surprising that people came from abroad that early period, although it seems like nothing less than a miracle that any could make the trip in a leather boat. It is well-established now that various voyagers came to American shores, both over the Atlantic and the Pacific, long before Columbus. Of course, it is important to keep in mind that no permanent settlements were made until the Lord was ready to colonize America. But what is exceptionally interesting about the Irish tradition is that the monks set out to find "The Promised Land of the Saints." Where did they learn that America was the Promised Land? What provided the stimulation to make them want to risk life and limb to find it? What gave them to understand that the Promised Land was for "the Saints"? Only the Book of Mormon has spoken of America as the Promised Land, and it does so as far back as the time of Jared and his brother who left the Tower of Babel, and were brought here by divine power. The Nephites, of course, knew that this is the Promised Land, and were so instructed before ever arriving here. But for the Irish monks of 600 A.D. to know this same fact makes one wonder where they obtained this information. And is it not more than interesting that they attached the expression "of the Saints" to their designation of the Promised Land? Tradition speaks of the Prophet Jeremiah coming to Ireland with members of the family of King Zedekiah, rescued from the Babylonian captivity. Jeremiah lived at the same time as Lehi. He could have learned from Lehi about the Promised Land, and possibly could have told the Irish about it -- if he ever got to Ireland. Tradition also tells of voyages of Joseph of Arimathea to the British Isles, and, of course, he was acquainted with the teachings of the Savior. It is well-known that early voyages were made to Britain to obtain tin. Similar traditions assert that the Apostle Paul came to Britain on one of his voyages, although there is little to substantiate the thought. We do not know how widely the teaching was disseminated that there was a Promised Land and that America was so disignated. But we do know from the Book of Mormon and modern revelation that it is so, and that America will have special divine protection if she will but serve the God of the Land, who is Jesus Christ. Since the Promised Land of the Saints meant so much to the ancients, can we not learn to place equal value upon it?