Kebra Nagast

my son to his daughter, and to make him with his daughter king over the whole country of Rom. For besides her he hath no other child, and he hath sworn that he will only make king a man who of David three kings. of the seed And Rehoboam shall reign here over For thus Israel. is my father. And if we rule there we shall be saith the prophecy of David my father The seed of Solomon shall become three heads of kingdoms upon the earth.' And we will send unto c : them priests, and we will ordain laws for them, and they God of Israel under the three And God shall be praised by the race of shall worship and serve the royal heads. His people Israel, and be exalted in all the earth, even ' as my father wrote in his Book, saying, Tell the ' 1 nations that God is king and again he said, An; nounce to the peoples His work, praise Him and sing ' * ye unto Him ; and again he saith, Praise God with a new song. His praise is in the congregation of the ' 2 Unto us righteous, Israel shall rejoice in his Creator.' belongeth the glory of sovereignty and we will praise our Creator. And the nations who serve idols shall look upon us, and they shall fear us, and make us kings over them, and they shall praise God and fear Him. And now, come ye, let us make this young man king, and let us send him away with your children, ye who possess wealth and position. According to the position and wealth that ye have here shall your children [rule] there. And they shall see the ordering of royalty, and we will establish them according to our law, and we will direct them and give them commands and send them away to reign there." And the priests, and the officers, and the councillors " answered and said unto him, Do thou send thy firstborn, and we will send our children also according to thy wish. Who can resist the commandment of God and the king ? They are the servants of thee and of thy 1 Compare Psalm xcv. 52 * Compare Psalm xcvi.