Kebra Nagast

like a ship on the sea when the wind bloweth, and like a bat through the air when the desire of his belly urgeth him to devour his companions, and like an eagle when his body glideth above the wind. Thus did they travel ; there was none in front and none behind, and they were disturbed neither on the right hand nor on the left. 53. How THE WAGON WAS GIVEN TO ETHIOPIA And they halted by Gaza, the city of the mother of the king, which Solomon the king had given to the Queen of Ethiopia when she came to him. And from there they came in one day to the border of Gebes " Mfesrin." And when (Egypt), the name of which is the sons of the warriors of Israel saw that they had come in one day a distance of thirteen days' march, and that they were not tired, or hungry, or thirsty, neither man nor oeast, and that they all [felt] that they had eaten and drunk their fill, these sons of the warriors of Israel knew and believed that this thing was from God. And " Let us let down the wagons, they said unto their king, for we have come to the water of Ethiopia. This is the Takkazi which floweth down from Ethiopia, and watereth the Valley of Egypt " ; and they let down their wagons there, and set up their tents. And the sons of the warriors of Israel went and drove away "all the people, and they said unto [David] their king, Shall we tell thee a matter ? " Canst thou hold And the King said unto them, " Yes, I can [hold it secret]. And if ye will tell it to me I will it [secret] ? never let it go forth or repeat it to the day of my death." And they said unto him, " The sun descended from heaven, and was given on Sinai to Israel, and it became the salvation of the race of Adam, from Moses to the seed of Jesse, and behold, it is with thee by the Will of God. It is not through us that this hath been done, but by the Will of God it is not through us that this ; 78