The pentagram was in ancient times known as a symbol for knowledge, and indeed the sign of those initiated into the wisdom of astronomy, astrology and more importantly the various powerful mysteries. It was used as the seal of ancient Kings. Judging from archaeological evidence, even artists were drawing pentagrams long before they started drawing hexagrams. The pentagram was associated with Jerusalem long before the later hexagram. As mentioned, in the Testament of Solomon it is written that King Solomon wore a pentacle on his ring as a sign of his power to work magic, the ring with the pentacle was given to him by an angel/spirit who was the messenger. The Testament professes to be Solomon’s very own account of certain experiences…Excerpt: ”And he answered, I am able to remove mountains, to overthrow the oaths of kings. I wither trees and make their leaves fall off.” And I said to him: “Canst thou raise this stone, and lay it for the beginning of this corner which exists in the fair plan of the Temple?” …”But thou Solomon must wear this seal…this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a…Pentalpha.”

The fact of the matter is that this magical symbol and ring of course would have been given to him by the Elohim, the first documented instances of pentagrams are from circa. 3500 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia, more than 2500 years before the time of Solomon, and before the appearance of any Yahweh in any Hebrew sources before the Babylonian exile. The earliest Jewish usage of the symbol was inherited from medieval Arabic literature by Kabbalists for use in talismanic protective amulets (segulot) where it was known as the Seal of Solomon. Also because the later translations substitute Elohim with other terms, such as in the Septuagint. Pentagrams were used as symbols of imperial power even then, found also on pottery and in inscriptions.

The Pentagram was even used as the seal of the City of Jerusalem. As shown in a fragment of a 4th Century BCE jar handle with a seal impression of the pentagram with the Hebrew letters YRSLM (Jerusalem). The seal of Solomon that we see today, such as on the flag of Israel, was actually adopted only in the middle ages around the 14th century. The powerful Pentagram ring that was given to Solomon by way of an emissary from the Elohim, is the same magical symbol as seen on Merovingian coins. The main importance is not that the true seal of Solomon was a Pentagram, for which their is archeological evidence, but rather that it was the Elohim (gods/powers/spirits that created the world and everything in it) who graced them permission to use the symbology and the incredible powers associated with it. Although the Hebrew Torah is not specific about the legendary powers attributed to the pentagram ring in the medieval accounts (of Solomon’s magical accomplishments and mastery of the magic arts and ability to summon great magical powers), it does however record that Solomon formed a marriage alliance with the Pharaoh King of Egypt and married Pharaoh’s daughter, in the process also acquiring the assistance of other heathen peoples (Non-Jews) to help build his first temple. The breaking apart of his Kingdom shortly after his death is attributed to starting to follow strange foreign gods, beliefs and customs near the end of his life, after this accomplishments he took for granted the Pentagrams mighty power and so his united monarchy was broken in half and his newly built temple was then sacked by the Egyptians. The mighty Pentagram symbology and its inherent magical powers however carried onward to the next historical chapter.