Kebra Nagast

Kebra Nagast — Budge — Section 11

3. The Kingdom of Adam 3 4. Concerning Envy . 3 5. The Kingdom of Seth 4 6. The Sin of Cain 4 7. Noah 5 8. The Flood 5 9. The Covenant of Noah 6 10. Concerning Zion 7 11. Declaration of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Ortho¬ dox Fathers 8 12. Canaan 8 13. Abraham 9 14. The Covenant of Abraham 10 15. Isaac and Jacob 12 16. Reuben 12 17. The Glory of Zion 13 18. The Agreement of the Orthodox Fathers and Bishops 15 19. The Discovery of the Book Kebra Nagast 16 20. The Division of the Earth 16 21. The Queen of the South 1 6 22. Tamrin, the Merchant 17 23. The Return of Tamrin to Ethiopia 19 24. The Queen of Ethiopia prepares for her Journey to Jeru¬ salem 21 b xvii Contents PAGE 25. The Queen of Ethiopia come3 to Solomon the King 23 26. The Conversation of Solomon with the Queen of Ethiopia 25 27. Solomon and the Workman 26 28. Solomon’s Instructions to the Queen 28 29. The Three Hundred and Eighteen Patriarchs — Narrative of Solomon and the Queen — continued 31 30. Solomon’s Oath to the Queen of Ethiopia 33 31. Solomon’s Sign to the Queen of Ethiopia 37 32. The Queen brings forth her son Bayna-Lehkem 37 33. Bayna-Lehkem sets out for Jerusalem 39 34. Bayna-Lehkem arrived in Gaza 41 35. Solomon makes Bayna-Lehkem Captain of his Host 43 36. Solomon’s Conversation with Bayna-Lehkem 46 37. Solomon questions his son Bayna-Lehkem 49 38. Solomon decides to send Bayna-Lehkem away with the eldest sons of his nobles 5 1 39. Bayna-Lehkem (i.e. Menyelek) is anointed King of Ethiopia, and is called David (II) 53 40. Zadok’s Commands to David (II) 54 41. The Blessing of Kings 56 42. The Ten Commandments 58 43. The Priests and Officials of the Court of David (II) in Ethiopia 61 44. The King must not be reviled 64 45. The Sons of the Nobles who are to go to Ethiopia make a plot 66 46. The Plot to steal the Tabernacle of Zion from the Temple in Jerusalem 68 47. The Offering of Azariah and the King 70 48. How they stole the Tabernacle of Zion 71 49. How Solomon blessed his son David (II) 72 50. The Farewell of David (II) to his father, and the grief of the people 73 51. Solomon bids Zadok fetch the covering of the Tabernacle