Hawaii Answer

12/12/2022

C. Elias Abraham Rosenberg, who moved to Hawaii from San Francisco in 1886, became a friend of Hawaiian King David Kalākaua. Rosenberg shared Bible stories with the King and encouraged him to revive traditional Hawaiian religion, leading the King to bestow upon Rosenberg the title of kahuna-kilokilo, or royal soothsayer.

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