Kebra Nagast

Government. And in one day they came to the city of Sab a, and they laid waste Nob a and from there they camped round about Saba, and they laid it waste as ; far as the border of Egypt. And the majesty (or, awe) of the King of Ethiopia was so great that the King of Medyam and the King of Egypt caused gifts to be brought unto him, and they came into the city of the Government, and from there they encamped in 'Ab'at, and they waged war on the country of India, and the King of India brought a gift and a present (or, tribute), and himself did homage to the King of Ethiopia. He no (i.e. David) waged war wheresoever he pleased man conquered him, on the contrary, whosoever ; attacked him was conquered. And as for those who would have played the spy in his camp, in order to hear some story and relate it in their city, they were unable to run by the wagons, for Zion herself made the strength of the enemy to be exhausted. But King David, with his soldiers, and the armies of his soldiers, and all those who obeyed his word, ran by the wagons without pain or suffering, and without hunger or thirst, and without sweat or exhaustion, and travelled in one day a distance which [usually] took three months to traverse. And they lacked nothing whatsoever of the things which they asked God through Zion the Tabernacle of the Law of God to give them, for He dwelt with her, and His Angel directed her, and she was His habitation. And as for the king who ministered to His pavilion he were travelling on any journey, and wished something to be done, everything that he wished for and thought about in his heart, and indicated with his if performed at his word and everyone feared him. But he feared no one, for the hand of God was with him, and it protected him by day and by night. And he did His Will, and God worked for him and protected him from all evil for ever and finger, everything [I say] was ever. 166 Amen. ;