The QUEEN of SHEBA AND HER ONLY SON MENYELEK (I)

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4 For complete terms & conditions related to Hogarth Blake Ltd, click, visit THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND HER ONLY SON MENYELEK Reproduction & duplication of this work for FREE is permitted. Refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. Copyright 2008 Hogarth Blake Ltd. All rights are reserved. Please refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. THE 'BOOK OF THE GLORY OF KINGS' (KEBRA NAGAST) A WORK WHICH IS ALIKE THE TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF THE RELIGION OF THE HEBREWS IN ETHIOPIA, AND THE PATENT OF SOVEREIGNTY WHICH IS NOW UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED IN ABYSSINIA AS THE SYMBOL OF THE DIVINE AUTHORITY TO RULE WHICH THE KINGS OF THE SOLOMONIC LINE CLAIMED TO HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH THEIR DESCENT FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID Translated from the Ethiopic by SIR E. A. WALLIS BUDGE , , , THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND HER ONLY SON MENYELEK Reproduction & duplication of this work for FREE is permitted.

5 Refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. Copyright 2008 Hogarth Blake Ltd. All rights are reserved. Please refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. CONTENTS. Preface to the present edition Preface to the first edition INTRODUCTION 1. The Manuscripts of the KEBRA NAGAST, &c. 2. Translation of the Arabic Version 3. Legends of the QUEEN of SHEBA in the UR N 4. Modern Legends of SOLOMON and the QUEEN of SHEBA 5. Summary of the Contents of the KEBRA NAGAST THE CHAPTERS OF THE KEBRA NAGAST 1. The Glory of Kings 2. The Greatness of Kings 3. The Kingdom of ADAM 4. Concerning Envy 5. The Kingdom of SETH 6. The Sin of CAIN 7. NOAH 8. The Flood 9. The Covenant of NOAH 10. Concerning ZION 11. Declaration of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers 12. CANAAN 13. ABRAHAM 14. The Covenant of ABRAHAM 15. ISAAC and JACOB 16. REUBEN 17. The Glory of ZION 18. The Agreement of the Orthodox Fathers and Bishops 19.

6 The Discovery of the Book KEBRA NAGAST 20. The Division of the Earth 21. The QUEEN of the South 22. T MR N, the Merchant THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND HER ONLY SON MENYELEK Reproduction & duplication of this work for FREE is permitted. Refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. Copyright 2008 Hogarth Blake Ltd. All rights are reserved. Please refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. 23. The Return of T MR N to ETHIOPIA 24. The QUEEN of ETHIOPIA prepares for her Journey to JERUSALEM 25. The QUEEN of ETHIOPIA comes to SOLOMON the King 26. The Conversation of SOLOMON with the QUEEN of ETHIOPIA 27. SOLOMON and the Workman 28. SOLOMON'S Instructions to the QUEEN 29. The Three Hundred and Eighteen Patriarchs Narrative of SOLOMON and the QUEEN continued 30. SOLOMON'S Oath to the QUEEN of ETHIOPIA 31. SOLOMON'S Sign to the QUEEN of ETHIOPIA 32. The QUEEN brings forth her son BAYNA-LE KEM 33. BAYNA-LE KEM sets out for JERUSALEM 34.

7 BAYNA-LE KEM arrives in GAZA 35. SOLOMON makes BAYNA-LE KEM Captain of his Host 36. SOLOMON'S Conversation with BAYNA-LE KEM 37. SOLOMON questions his son BAYNA-LE KEM 38. SOLOMON decides to send BAYNA-LE KEM away with the eldest sons of his nobles 39. BAYNA-LE KEM ( MENYELEK ) is anointed King of ETHIOPIA, and is called DAVID (II) 40. ZADOK'S Commands to DAVID (II) 41. The blessing of Kings 42. The Ten Commandments 43. The Priests and Officials of the Court of DAVID (II) in ETHIOPIA 44. The King must not be reviled 45. The Sons of the Nobles who are to go to ETHIOPIA make a plot 46. The Plot to steal the Tabernacle of ZION from the Temple in JERUSALEM 47. The Offering of AZARIAH and the King 48. How they stole the Tabernacle of ZION 49. How SOLOMON blessed his son DAVID (II) 50. The farewell of DAVID (II) to his father, and the grief of the people 51. SOLOMON bids ZADOK fetch the covering of the Tabernacle of ZION 52.

8 ZADOK gives DAVID (II) the covering of the Tabernacle of ZION 53. The Gift of the Wagon of ZION to ETHIOPIA 54. How DAVID (II) prophesied and saluted ZION 55. How the People of ETHIOPIA Rejoiced 56. ZADOK the Priest discovers that the Tabernacle of ZION has been stolen 57. The Swooning of ZADOK the Priest THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND HER ONLY SON MENYELEK Reproduction & duplication of this work for FREE is permitted. Refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. Copyright 2008 Hogarth Blake Ltd. All rights are reserved. Please refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. 58. How SOLOMON rose up to slay them 59. SOLOMON arrives in EGYPT and questions the EGYPTIANS 60. SOLOMON'S Lament for the Tabernacle of ZION 61. SOLOMON'S Return to JERUSALEM 62. SOLOMON'S Resignation to the Will of God 63. The Elders accept SOLOMON'S View and decide to keep the theft of ZION a secret 64. SOLOMON marries an Egyptian Princess 65.

9 The Sin of SOLOMON 66. SOLOMON a prototype of CHRIST 67. The Death Lament of SOLOMON 68. The Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Salvation 69. The Conversation of SOLOMON with the Angel concerning CHRIST 70. The Reign of REHOBOAM 71. The Virgin Mary, the daughter of DAVID 72. The King of R M (CONSTANTINOPLE) 73. ADR M , the son of SOLOMON, becomes King of R M 74. The King of MEDY M, a descendent of SHEM 75. The King of BABYLON, a descendent of SHEM 76. NEBUCHADNEZZAR, the son of KARM N, a descendent of SHEM 77. The King of PERSIA, a descendent of TAMAR 78. The King of MOAB, a descendent of LOT 79. The King of AMALEK, a descendent of LOT 80. The King of PHILISTIA, a descendent of SAMSON 81. How AKAM L, the son of SAMSON, slew EBR L S, the son of the King of the PHILISTINES 82. ABRAHAM'S journey into EGYPT 83. The King of the ISHMAELITES 84. How BAYNA-LE KEM (DAVID II) returned to ETHIOPIA 85. How QUEEN M K D rejoiced at his coming 86.

10 How QUEEN M K D made her son King of ETHIOPIA 87. How the Ethiopian Nobles swore fidelity to him 88. BAYNA-LE KEM describes to his Mother his anointing as King 89. QUEEN M K D 'S Address to the ISRAELITES in ETHIOPIA 90. How AZARIAH praised the QUEEN and her Royal City 91. Regulations about Meats, clean and unclean 92. How the Kingdom of BAYNA-LE KEM (DAVID II) was established in ETHIOPIA 93. How the Men of R M (BYZANTIUM) destroyed the Faith THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND HER ONLY SON MENYELEK Reproduction & duplication of this work for FREE is permitted. Refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. Copyright 2008 Hogarth Blake Ltd. All rights are reserved. Please refer to the terms & conditions page for more details. 94. The first war of BAYNA-LE KEM (DAVID II) 95. How the Authority of BAYNA-LE KEM was universally accepted 96. The Prophecies concerning CHRIST 97. The Murmuring of the ISRAELITES against MOSES and AARON 98.