Kebra Nagast

How Solomon Returned to Jerusalem sit upon the throne of David thy Father. For God swore unto David in truth, and He repenteth not, that of the fruit of his body He would make to sit upon his throne for ever, in the Tabernacle of His Covenant, the Holy Zion. And I will set him above the kings of the earth, and his throne shall be like the days of heaven and l And He who like the ordinance of the moon for ever. sitteth upon the throne of the Godhead in the heavens shall rule the living and the dead in the flesh for ever. And angels and men shall serve Him, and every tongue shall praise Him, and every knee shall bow to Him in the Comfort thyself with this abysses and in the rivers. back and thee to [word], get thy house, and let not thy heart be wholly sad." And the King was comforted by this [word], and he " The Will of God be done, and not the will of said, man." And again the Angel of God appeared unto him openly, and said unto him, " As for thyself, thou shalt build the house of God, and it shall be glory and as a support for thee and if thou wilt keep His ; Commandment and wilt not serve other gods thou shalt be beloved by God, even as David thy father." 61. How SOLOMON RETURNED TO JERUSALEM And then Solomon came back to the city of Jerusalem, and he wept there with the elders of Jerusalem a great weeping in the house of God. And after this the King and Zadok the priest embraced each other, and they wept bitterly in the habitation of Zion, and they remained silent for a long time. And the elders rose up and spake unto the King, saying, " Be not thou sorrowful concerning this thing, O our Lord, for we know, from first to last, that without the Will of God Zion will not dwell [in any place], and that nothing happeneth without the Will of God. And as concerning Zion in olden time, in the days of Eli the priest, before our 1 Psalms Ixxii, II ; Ixxxix, 3, 4, 27, 29 ; cxxxii, 11-13. 95