Kebra Nagast

twelve cycles of the moon. Then the kingdom of the Jews shall be made an end of and the Kingdom of Christ shall be constituted until the advent of the False And those two kings, Justinus the King of Rome and Kaleb the King of Ethiopia, met together in Jerusalem. And their Archbishop was to make ready Messiah. offerings and they were to make offerings, and they were to establish the Faith in love, and they were to give each other gifts and the salutation of peace, and they were to divide between them the earth from the half of Jerusalem, even as we have already said at the beginning of this book. And for love's sake they were to have jointly the royal title [of King of Ethiopia]. They were to be mingled with David and Solomon their fathers. The one whom in faith they chose by lot to be named from the Kings of Rome was to be called " King of Ethiopia," and the King of Rome likewise was to bear the name of " King of Ethiopia," and he was to have part in the lot whereby he should be named with David and Solomon their fathers, after the manner of the Four Evangelists. And the fourth the one whom they were to choose each in his own country And thus after they had become united in a common bond, and had established the right faith they were to determine that the Jews were no longer to live, and and the King each of them was to leave his son there of Ethiopia was to leave there his firstborn son whose name was Israel, and was to return to his own country in joy. And when he came to his royal house, he was to give abundant thanks unto God, and to offer up his body as an offering of praise to his God. And God shall accept him gladly, for he shall not defile his body after he hath returned, but he shall go into a monastery in purity of heart. And he shall make king his youngest son, whose name is Gabra Maskal, and he himself And when one shall shut himself up [in a monastery]. hath told this to the King of Nagran, the son of Kaleb, . ; 226 . .