"And Solomon built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath."
-II Chronicles 8:4
"When he (Solomon) had therefore built this city, and encompassed it with very strong walls, he gave it the name Tadmor; and that is the name it is still called by at this day among the Syrians; but the Greeks name it Palmyra."
-Josephus, Antiquities of The Jews Book VIII, 6:1
"Palmyra was in ancient times an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 kilometers northeast of Damascus and 120 kilometers southwest of the Euphrates. It has long been a vital caravan city for travelers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert. The Greek name for the city Palmyra is a translation of its original Aramaic name Tadmor which means "palm tree". Tadmor is today the name of a small city next to the ancient ruins of Palmyra and is heavily dependent on tourism. The ancient site of Palmyra is itself an UNESCO World Heritage Site."
-Tourist Brochure About Palmyra, Syria prior to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.
King Solomon stood and surveyed the city that he was building- the city of Tadmor (the city that would later be called by the Greeks Palmyra).
Night was approaching.
A full moon was rising.
A beautiful dark-haired dark skinned and dark eyed woman approached him.
She was wearing a beautiful purple evening dress- slit at the sides and low-cut at the front.
A necklace of diamonds cut in the shape and form of human skulls hung around her neck.
"Thou art Solomon the wisest of the wise?" She asked as she stood before him.
"I am," Solomon answered.
"I am Allatallahbel the Priestess of Baal," she curtsied in front of him making sure he caught a glimpse of her ample and succulent breasts.
"What can I do for you, Allatallahbel?" Solomon shifted uncomfortably in his robes.
"I wish you to build in this city a temple to Baal that's as splendid as your Temple to your god Yahweh in your city of Jerusalem," she answered.
"Well," he answered, "why should I do that?".
"This night, I shall give you six hundred and sixty-six good reasons why you should do that," she approached and rubbed her thigh against his.
"Six hundred and sixty-six eh?" Solomon breathed deeply, "that's a lot of reasons."
The next morning after Allatallahbel had given Solomon her 666 reasons, she stroked his head in her arms, "Art thou convinced?".
"I am," Solomon had to agree.
"Any other woman give you so many reasons to do something?" Allatallahbel laughed.
"One," Solomon answered.
"Really?" Allatallahbel became jealous, "who?".
"Her name was Isis," Solomon recalled, "she was the wife of the architect Hiram Abiff who helped build my Temple."
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"I see," Allatallahbel stared angrily at the morning sunrise.
"Art thou angry?" Solomon kissed her on the lips, "let me show you my master mason's tool again. That should make you happy."
"You say her name is Isis?" Allatallahbel ate some lobster which she gave to Solomon and he likewise did eat even though it was forbidden him as an Israelite to do so.
"Yes," Solomon nodded.
After she had eaten the lobster meat, Allatallahbel stood and showed her magnificent nude form and then spake and prophesied, "This magnificent Temple to Baal that you shall build in this city, o Solomon, one day replicas to it shall be built in cities all over the world and then Baal shall come."
"Really?" Solomon rubbed what he felt was an itchy invisible third eye in his forehead.
"Yes, and it will all be due to..." Allatallahbel laughed.
"Due to who?" Solomon asked.
"Due to ISIS," Allatallahbel laughed like the demons of Hell, "Thou evil woman, who darest to trespass on what should have been mine, thy name shall be as mud and darkened and vilified."
-A vampire novel chapter
written by Christopher
Monday April 18th
2016.
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