Kebra Nagast

Rome made their habitation And that Darius had many descendants and onwards the Kings of there. ; Solomon were eighteen And of his seed was born a man whose generations. name was Zanbares, and he made in wisdom a drawing of the astrolabe, and placed stars therein, and [he made from Darius to the days of also] a balance (i.e., clock) for the sun. And he [forejsaw what would come after, and that the kingdom would not remain to the children of Japhet, but would depart to the seed of David, of the tribe of Shem. And when he thus saw, he sent a message to David the King, " Take my daughter for thy son " and David saying, the King took her and gave her to Solomon his son, and Solomon begat a son by her and called his name " 'Adrami." And Zanbares died before [this] and who was of his kinsmen, became king. And Baltasor, he lacked male offspring to reign after him upon his throne, and he was jealous lest the children of his ; And he sent a written " Hail to the the to Solomon King, saying, message thine of and to honourable thy kingdom, greatness father should reign after him. And now, give me thy son, whom I will wisdom make king over the city of Rome. For I have not been ! able to beget male children, but only three daughters. And I will give him whichever of my daughters he and I will give him my throne, and he shall be king, he and his seed after him in the city of Rome pleaseth, for ever." And when King Solomon had read this letter, he " If I keep back my son he will send meditated, saying, to the King of the East, who will give him his son, and therefore that which I have planned will be made void he counsel with his took I will give him my son." And said unto counsellors of the house of Israel, and he " We have children them, already given our son and our to the country of Ethiopia, and Israel hath a kingdom there. And now, so that we may have a third kingdom, ; 122