Kebra Nagast

people escape thee, neither man nor woman, and slay [them all] with the sword. And as for Karmm, cut off his head, and bring hither all his possessions, and his goods, and all his flocks and herds, and his gold and silver." And those liars rejoiced and returned to their district, and they went into the house of Karmm and held converse with him with words of peace, and they paid him compliments, and they made jests before his face, evil being in their hearts. And then was fulfilled on them the prophecy of David, who said, " Those who speak words of peace with their neighbour, and [have] evil in their hearts, reward them according to the evil of their works and according to the evil of their 1 And they drank themselves drunk in the thoughts." house of Karmm., and they slept together with him. And when they had fallen asleep, behold, the Angel of God was sent to Karmin, and he awoke him and said " Leave all thy possessions and save thyself, unto him, for men have been commanded by Manasseh the King to cut off thy head. Take as much of thy riches as thou canst carry, and flee into another country, for this Manasseh is a slayer of the prophets, and a seeker after the blood of innocent men." Then Karmin rose up straightway, and sought out his treasure in gold and took it, and he awoke his wife and his two sons, and he also awoke his chosen servants, and loaded them with possessions of great value, and went forth by night. And he sent off his wife and his sons with two servants to go to Jerusalem, and departed with two of his servants to a remote country a distance and he arrived at Babylon. of three months' journey And he came to Bala'on, the King of Babylon, and gave him a gift, and related unto him what had happened to him. And Bala'on loved Karmin, and gave him a habitation near the 1 130 house of his Psalm xxviii, 3, 4 merchant, who