Lion of Judah the titles of the Solomonic Emperors of Ethiopia. It was depicted on a map of the Upper Nile published in 1683 by the Italian Jobi Ludolfi describing the Lion of Judah symbol as the Royal Insignia of the Ethiopian empire. The Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia lasted three thousand years according and has its patrilineal origin in the Israelite Royal House of Judah. The Lion of Judah served as the hereditary title of the Solomonic Ethiopian emperors including Menelik and Haile Selassie and was depicted on the flag of Ethiopia from 1897 to 1974. Due to its association with Haile Selassie,
Shelah (son of Judah) of Chronicles, "Shelah" is identified as the name of a clan, containing a subclan named "Er." The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were:<br> "These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work." According to biblical scholars, the description of "Shelah" is an eponymous aetiological myth concerning fluctuations in the constituency of the tribe of Judah, with "Shelah" representing the newest clan to become part of the tribe. The Book of Chronicles' description of "Er" as a descendant of Shelah, suggests that "Er" was in reality the