Hindu Deities, Worship and Iconography in 2 Kings

  Isaias condemns Hezekiah who destroyed Moses' copper serpent, symbol of the Kundalini power of Shiva, Lord of Yoga, and a part of Hindu iconography. It shows the Jews worshipping the Hindu pantheon, including Baal, a name of both Shiva and his consort. It shows the persistent worship of the calf in Samaria, showing that a pure remnant there still recognized the cow as sacred as do Hindus.

   The Books of Kings have much in them condemning what was once original Judaism, including the original names of the Jewish Deities, and the erections of pillars and poles.  In certain passages Kings seems to condemn what is in fact quite contemptible, the sacrificing of humans, for example. But the condemnation of the sacrificing of humans is much like the episode in which we read that God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac: it is a set-up scenario in which we choose what many humans regard as the lesser of two evils, animal sacrifice over human sacrifice, and regard it as therefore justified, when in fact neither evil, the sacrifice or humans, or animals, is justified.
 


2 Kings is notable in a number of ways:

1. It shows that the original Shaivite form of Judaism, represented by the bronze or copper serpent Moses had made, still existed, though orthodox kings would repeatedly try to stamp it out.  The serpent was a symbol of the healing Kundalini power of Shiva, Lord of Yoga.  It was an still is a part of Hindu iconography.

2. It shows the Jews worshiping the Hindu pantheon including Baal, another version of Bala, the name both of Shiva and his consort Bala.  Balarama is another name of Shiva.  OM VISNUBALLABHAYA NAMAHA is a common chant to Shiva.

3. It shows the persistent worship of the calf in Samaria.  The calf is a sacred animal to the Hindu Vaishnavas and Shaivites. The Samaria of the Old Testament was named after an area in India called Samarya.   Samaria means beautiful in ancient Hebrew.
 
3. It shows the vegetarian Isaiah (who represented the rights of other creatures) condemning Hezekiah, the very king who destroyed the bronze serpent of Moses.

4. It shows Isaiah pitting the virgin Zion (wearing the Hindu bindi as a jewel on her forehead) against the Judaism of Harlotry, the animal sacrificing Judaism, just as Ezekiel did in chapter 16.

5. This in turn shows the relevance of the original name of Jerusalem, namely Jebus, which means God's threshing place.

6. The sacred pole and/or pillar are both attributes of Asherah and Shiva worship. This form of worship carried over into the so-called New World, referred to as Patala by the Hindus, where the natives of Turtle Island used totem poles.  Shiva was worshipped in the Yucatan as Sui va, or Zuiva, Itzas (Isa), Itzamna (Isana), Ix (Ish), and Oc (Oseo) and in the southwest of Turtle Island (the United States) by the name Yahya as well.

7. The worship in the high places is described as sacrifice and sacrificial smoke, but not as burnt offerings of flesh. This is typical of most Shaivites and all Vaishnavas who sacrifice, fruit, grain or flowers, and offer incense.  Those who sacrifice in the high places are also said to consult mediums and to watch for omens, both of which are characteristic of many Hindus.

In the twenty-third year of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah the king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years. And he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah's eyes and went waking in the pursuit of the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he caused Israel to sin. 2 Kings 13: 1-4
   Regarding the Nabateans: they did not slaughter; they did not even cultivate; they foraged, in the strict tradition of renunciate Jains and renunciate Brahmins, just as the Israelites did in Sinai.  They lived in caves and upon rock.  They did not excavate and exploit creatures to build homes.
 

Samaria as a center for Asherah and Shiva:
The Revisers of 2 Kings Left in the description of The Sacred Pole

  Only they did not depart from the sin of the house of Jeroboam with which he caused the house of Israel to sin. In it he walked; and even the sacred pole itself stood in Samaria. 2 Kings 13: 6.
    Notice that the writer even describes the pole as sacred instead of denouncing it as an idolatrous object.  This is much like the obviously vegetarian account of the Israelites desiring to eat flesh and being given the plague ridden quail to eat, which became a parable showing the karmic pitfalls of eating flesh. Just as the quail episode is a remnant of scriptures that were not sufficiently revised by the rewriters of the Old Testament, so too is the description of the pole as sacred.

    Samaria was well-known as a center where the calf (or bull) was worshipped, and therefore where a form of the original vegetarian Judaism still had some life, and animal creation was still regarded as sacred by some Samarians.

     And in 2 Kings 14: 4 we have sacrificial smoke, but no burnt offerings, typical of the Hindu practice of burning incense, but not sacrificing creatures of flesh.


2 Kings 14: 7
Changing the Name of Sela to Jokthe-el.

  Sela, like the Selah of the Psalms, and like the name Shelah, are derived from the Hindu Chela, meaning disciple, who is one who petitions the spiritual teacher for more knowledge.  Therefore the Hebrew definition of Selah as petition.

He himself struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, ten thousand men, seized Sela in the war, and changed its name, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.  2 Kings 14: 7.
    One of the reasons for the name change may well have been an attempt to erase the memory of the Hindu lineage that is obvious in the name Sela or Chela.