Kebra Nagast

" And King Solomon answered and said unto them, Where is it then that he wisheth to go ? " And they " We have not enquired answered and said unto him, of him, for he is But his own Whence have ye come We have come from said, awesome like thyself. people, when we asked them, ' c ' and whither do ye go ? the dominions of Hendake (Candace) and Ethiopia, and we are going to the country of Judah to King SoloAnd when King Solomon heard this his heart mon.' ' ' was perturbed and he was glad in his soul, for in those days he had no children, except a boy who was seven years old and whose name was lyorbe'am (Rehoboam). It happened to Solomon even as Paul stateth, saying, " God hath made foolishness the wisdom of this 1 world," for Solomon had made a plan in his wisdom and said, " By one thousand women I shall beget one thousand men children, and I shall inherit the countries of the enemy, and I will overthrow [their] idols." But [God] only gave him three children. His eldest son was the King of Ethiopia, the son of the Queen of Ethiopia, and was the firstborn of whom [God] spake prophetic" God sware unto David in righteousness, and ally, repented not, Of the "fruit of thy body will I make to 2 sit upon thy throne.' And God gave unto David His servant grace before Him, and granted unto him ' that there should sit upon the throne of Godhead One of his seed in the flesh, from the Virgin, and should judge the living and the dead, and reward every man according to his work, One to whom praise is meet, our Lord Jesus Christ, for ever and ever, Amen. And He gave him one on the earth who should become king over the Tabernacle of the Law of the holy, heavenly Zion, that is to say, the King of Ethiopia. And as for those who reigned, who were not [of] Israel, that was due to the transgression of the law and the command- ment, whereat God was not pleased. 1 I 42 Corinthians!, 20. * II Samuel vii, 12 ; Psalm cxxxii, n.