God's scepter promise, given to the tribe of Judah in Genesis 49:10, descended through the royal house of David until the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon cut off the direct male line. The breach between the two sons of Judah, Pharez and Zerah, was healed when God removed the crown of David from the ruling line of Pharez and placed it on a descendant of Zerah. Tea Tephi, a daughter of King Zedekiah of Judah and heir to the throne of David, married Herremon, an Irish prince of Zerah's line, after arriving in Ireland with the prophet Jeremiah around 569 BC. Their union, following the fall of Jerusalem in 585 BC, united the lines of Pharez and Zerah through their son, who sat as king over Israelites, mending the ancient breach. This dynasty continued unbroken through the kings of Ireland, was transplanted to Scotland in c. AD 487 with King Fergus I, and later to England in AD 1603 with James VI of Scotland crowned as James I of England, a line that persists today.