Kebra Nagast

howled, and the asses screamed, and all those who were there mingled their tears together. It was as though the generals of a mighty army had besieged the left great city, and had captured it by assault, and looted it, and taken its people prisoners and slain them with the edge of the sword ; even thus was that city of Zion Jerusalem. And King Solomon was dismayed at the weeping and outcry of the city, and he looked out from the roof of the palace, the fort of the king's house, and saw the whole city weeping and following them. And as a child, whom his mother hath removed from her breast and left, followeth in her footsteps crying out and weeping, even so did the people cry out and weep and they cast dust upon their heads, and they shed tears with their And when Solomon saw the majesty of those eyes. who had departed, he was deeply moved and he trembled, and his bowels quaked, and his tears fell drop by " Woe is me for drop upon his apparel, and he said, hath the and crown of my glory departed, my splendour hath fallen, and my belly is burned up because this my son hath departed, and the majesty of my city and the freemen, the children of my might, are removed. From this moment our glory hath passed away, and our king; \ dom hath been carried off unto a strange people who , know not God, even as the prophet saith, who have not sought Me have found Me.' ' 1 The people From this time forth the law, and wisdom, and understanding shall be given unto them. And my father prophesied concerning them, saying, Ethiopia shall bow before Him, and His enemies shall eat the dust.' 2 And in another ' [place] he saith, Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands to God, and He shall receive her with honour, and the 3 And in a third kings of the earth shall praise God.' 4 he the and the saith, Behold, Philistines, [place] ' ' 74 1 Isaiah Ixv, 3 Psalm Ixviii, 31. I. * 4 Psalm Ixxii, 9, 10. Psalm Ixxxiii, 7 (?).