Kebra Nagast

Concerning the King of Babylon when they heard this they forsook all the lust of the " Behold now, we flesh, and they said unto our Lord, what is have forsaken everything and followed Thee " And our Saviour said unto them, " Ye our reward ? have made your bodies like unto those of the angels, and ; ye shall do mighty deeds even as do I. And behold, I have given you authority to raise the dead, and I have given you power to heal the sick, and ye shall trample upon all the power of the Enemy. And at My second coming ye shall judge and shall put to shame the Twelve Tribes of Israel, because they have not believed on Me, and have treated My glory with contempt. And as for those who believe in Me, ye shall magnify them and shall make them to rejoice with you in My king- dom." 1 75. CONCERNING THE KING OF BABYLON Now the King of Babylon is of the seed of Shem, and we will show you clearly that the King of Babylon is of the seed of Shem. It came to pass in days of old that there lived in the kingdom of Manasseh, the King of Israel, a certain man whose name was Karmm, and he was a fearer of God, and he gave many alms and oblations to the poor of Israel. And when he made offerings to the house of God, he did so with sincerity, and his tithe he gave twofold and he was good in all his ways, and there was no evil whatsoever before him. And Satan, the enemy of all good, became envious of him, for he saw that his course of life was good. And that man was exceedingly rich in camels and horses, and flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, and gold and silver, and fine apparel, and he used to feed the mule of the ; king in 'Armatem, a city of Israel. Now his native place was the country of Judah, his fathers' portion, but because of [his] love for wealth he departed into 'Armato dwell there, and Israel allowed him to settle tm 1 Compare Matthew x, 8 ; xix, 28 ; Luke x, 19. 127