Uncanny Parallels between King David and Munhumutapa Emperors

Writing in his book on the Mwenemutapa polity, Randles tells us that the sexual virility of the emperor was deemed symptomatic of the stability of the nation. When he was old, the nation, especially those at the imperial court, closely monitored his sexual potency. To test this, a young maiden was given unto him to sear children. If he failed, he was eliminated through ritual regicide to let a younger and virile claimant to ascend the throne.

Imagine my amazement when I was reading 1 Kings Chapter, right at the very beginning. We are told the following, and I quote:

"When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her."

The Bible says has a funny way of telling us that King David was impotent due to old age. In some versions it says that he did not go unto her or he did not know the young maiden. Both tell us that he had age-induced erectile dysfunctional syndrome (EDS).

When David had failed the virility test, two of his sons, Adonijah and Solomon found themselves contesting for their father's throne. The Bible says:

"Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses[a] ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom."

The rest of the the struggle between Adonijah and Solomon s taught in Sunday's schools. What is of interest here is the manner David was consider too old to wield power. It was the same method told us byRandles.

Make of it what you may, Mauruka Musarira Nhamo Musarira, I thought it is interesting, especially when you said that King Solomon, David's son, was a Rozvi. Of course I chuckled when you said it.

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