Kebra Nagast

How Rehohoam Reigned And he said unto him, " Write me in the roll of the Book, and lay it in the chest." And he said unto Zadok the priest, " Anoint my son and make him king. As my father David, my lord, made me king whilst he was And son Rehoboam king. alive, even so do I make fathers his seed shall be the salvation of myself and of my my for ever, according to what the Angel of the Lord spake unto me." 70. How REHOBOAM REIGNED Then Zadok the priest took Rehoboam and made him king, and he anointed him and performed for him whatAnd Rehoboam laid a soever the Law demanded. tablet of wood upon the Tabernacle, and he found it with the name of his father Solomon [written upon] it, and then they set him upon the king's mule, and said " " All hail unto him, Long live the royal father and the city resounded with cries, and the trumpet was blown. And before Rehoboam could return to his ! ! Solomon died. And they laid Solomon in the tomb of his father David, and they mourned for him father with great mourning, for there was not found his like in wisdom in those days. And when seven days had passed Rehoboam made the And the people of mourning for his father to cease. Israel gathered themselves together to Rehoboam, and " they said unto him, Lighten for us [our] labour, for father made it thy very heavy in the hewing of wood, and in the dressing of stone, and in making wagons for bringing down cedarwood." And Rehoboam took counsel with the councillors and the elders of the house " of the king, and they said unto him, Answer them For at this present thou art like a young animal and thy loins are not able to bear the yoke. And now, speak unto them graciously, and say unto graciously. ' them, I will do for you everything ye wish.' And when thy hand hath gotten power over them thou 117