Was Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia related to Solomon of the Old Testament?
Yes, he claimed to be descended from both King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Queen of Sheba is reputed to be from Axum, Ethiopia, not far from, Asmara, Eritrea, where I was stationed while in the US Army (Kagnew Station) back in the 60’s. I actually saw Haile Selassie twice while he was on our post. I’ll bet you didn’t know we had a base in that part of the world. It was a super secret communications gathering post. It’s closed now (late 70’s). Haile Selassie’s government was overthrown and he was subsequently murdered in that same period of the late 70’s.
