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Shepherd kings

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the chiefs of a nomadic people who invaded Egypt from the East in the traditional period, and conquered it, at least in part. They were expelled after about five hundred years, and attempts have been made to connect their expulsion with narrative in the book of Exodus.
- Keats.

See also: Shepherd



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Bietak noted that the two seals also indicate that the Hyksos, known as the shepherd kings and had been notorious Asiatic invaders, had trade relations with the Far East that stretched to Babylonia.
According to Velikovsky the meaning of Psalms (78:49,50) "He cast upon them [Egyptians] the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them," should be "He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending shepherd kings among them.
 
 
 
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