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Kebra Nagast
And the spies came to the watchmen of the city of Jerusalem, and they found King Solomon there, and they made obeisance to him, and they said unto him, "Hail, may the royal father live! [Our] country is disturbed because there hath come into it a merchant who resembleth thee in form and appearance, without the smallest alteration or variation.
His eyes are gladsome, like unto those of a man who hath drunk wine, his legs are graceful and slender, and the tower of his neck is like unto the tower of David thy father.
And when King Solomon saw him he rose up, and moved forward to welcome him, and he loosed the band of his apparel from his shoulder, and he embraced him, with his hands [resting] on his breast, and he kissed his mouth, and forehead, and eyes, and he said unto him, "Behold, my father David hath renewed his youth and hath risen from the dead."
And Solomon the King turned round to those who had announced the arrival of the young man, and he said unto them, "Ye said unto me, `He resembleth thee,' but this is not my stature, but the stature of David my father in the days of his early manhood, and he is handsomer than I am."
Concerning his father none shall ask questions, and none shall say, `Whence is his coming?'
And the young man took that ring which his mother had given him when they were alone together, and he said unto his father, "Take this ring, and remember the word which thou didst speak unto the Queen, and give unto us a portion of the fringe of the covering of the Tabernacle of the Law of God, so that we may worship it all our days, and all those who are subject unto us, and those who are in the kingdom of the Queen."
A daughter belongeth to the mother, and a boy to the father.
And the King answered and said unto him, "Since thou speakest in this wise, according to the law I myself am not the son of my father David, for he took the wife of another man whom he caused to be slain in battle, and he begot me by her; but God is compassionate and He hath forgiven him.
God hath made me of my father, and thee hath He made of me, according to His Will.
And as for thee, O my son, thou fearer of our Lord God, do not violence to the face of thy father, so that in times to come thou mayest not meet with violence from him that shall go forth from thy loins, and that thy seed may prosper upon the earth.
Behold, I have been reigning for nine and twenty years, and thy mother came to me in the seventh year of my kingdom; and please God, He shall make me to attain to the span of the days of my father.
And thou shalt be blessed in this land of inheritance with the blessing that God gave unto our fathers, even as He covenanted with Noah His servant, and with Abraham His friend, and the righteous men their descendants after them down to David my father.
For besides her he hath no other child, and he hath sworn that he will only make king a man who is of the seed of David my father.
For thus saith the prophecy of David my father `The seed of Solomon shall become three heads of kingdoms upon the earth.'
And God shall be praised by the race of His people Israel, and be exalted in all the earth, even as my father wrote in his Book, saying, `Tell the nations that God is king'; and again he said, `Announce to the peoples His work, praise Him and sing ye unto Him'; and again he saith, `Praise God with a new song.
And they made him to ride upon the mule of King Solomon, and they led him round about the city, and said, "We have appointed thee from this moment"; and then they cried out to him, "Bah. [Long] live the royal father!"
And again his father blessed him and said unto him, "The blessing of heaven and earth shall be thy blessing," and all the congregation of Israel said, "Amen."
And his father also said unto Zadok the priest, "Make him to know and tell him concerning the judgment and decree of God which he shall observe there" [in Ethiopia].
Thou shalt not bow down to them, and thou shalt not serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. [I am He] Who visiteth the sin of the father on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, and I perform mercy to a thousand (or, ten thousand) generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
"Honour thy father and thy mother so that may be good to thee th many days that thou shalt find in the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
The shame of thy father and mother thou shalt not uncover, for it is thy mother.
Thou shalt not uncover the shame of thy sister who was begotten by thy father or thy mother.
And the names of those who were appointed to be sent away were these: `Azaryas (Azariah), the son of Zadok, the priest, who was the high priest. `Elyas, the son of `Arni the Archdeacon; now the father of `Arni was the Archdeacon of Nathan the prophet. `Adram, the son of `Arderones, leader of the peoples.
And they praised him and said unto him, "Now know we that God spake concerning thee to our father Abraham [when He said], `In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.'" And they made their faces to appear happy, and they jested before him, and they praised him exceedingly (i.e., fulsomely) because of his wisdom.
Thou canst go into the House of God in the place of thy father Zadok, and the keys are continually in thy hand.
Thou knowest the hidden openings (or, windows) which King Solomon made; but none of the priests may enter therein except thy father once each year in order to offer up sacrifice in the Holy of Holies on behalf of himself and on behalf of the people.
And your Lord David shall speak to Solomon the King and shall say unto him, `One thing I ask from thee, O father, I would offer up a sacrifice to the holy city Jerusalem, and to my Lady Zion, the holy and heavenly Tabernacle of the Law of God.'
And now come ye, and let us go and tell David our Lord so that he may say to his father, `I will offer up a sacrifice.'" And they went and told [David, the son of Solomon] and he rejoiced, and he sent to Yo'as (Benaiah), the son of Yodae, to come to him, that he might send him to his father, and he came.
And now come ye, and let us go and tell David our Lord so that he may say to his father, `I will offer up a sacrifice.'" And they went and told [David, the son of Solomon] and he rejoiced, and he sent to Yo'as (Benaiah), the son of Yodae, to come to him, that he might send him to his father, and he came.
And David sent him to his father Solomon, and he said unto him, "Send me away, for I will depart to my own country, together with everything that thy goodness hath given me; and may thy prayers accompany me always whithersoever I shall go.
And then the King of Ethiopia rose up to depart to his country, and he came to his father that he might pray on his behalf, and he said unto him, "Bless me, father"; and he made obeisance unto him.
And then the King of Ethiopia rose up to depart to his country, and he came to his father that he might pray on his behalf, and he said unto him, "Bless me, father"; and he made obeisance unto him.
And the King raised him up, and blessed him, and embraced his head, and said, "Blessed be the Lord my God Who blessed my father David, and Who blessed our father Abraham.
And the King raised him up, and blessed him, and embraced his head, and said, "Blessed be the Lord my God Who blessed my father David, and Who blessed our father Abraham.
And as Abraham blessed Isaac my father even so shall thy blessing be--the dew of heaven and the spaciousness of the earth--and may all animals and all the birds of the heavens, and all the beasts of the field, and the fish of the sea, be in subjection unto thee.
And my father prophesied concerning them, saying, `Ethiopia shall bow before Him, and His enemies shall eat the dust.'
And Azaryas answered and said before his father, "Thou rejoicest over the covering, but how very much more wilt thou rejoice over the Lady of the covering!"
And his father said unto him, "Verily he rejoiceth over the Lady of the covering, and he might subjugate all of us if he were not going to his own country."
And they struck (i.e. made) a covenant, and he received from his father the votive offering, and the covering of Zion, and a chain of gold.
For thou wilt not be able to take it back, even if thou wishest, and thy father cannot seize it, even if he wisheth, for it goeth of its own free will whithersoever it wisheth, and it cannot be removed from its seat if it doth not desire it.
My father David, Thy servant, wished to build a house to Thy Name, for he had heard the word of Thy prophet, who said, `Which is the house for My habitation, and which is the place for Me to rest in?
Rise up, David, my father, and weep with me for our Lady, for God hath neglected us and hath taken away our Lady from thy son.
And [Zion] hath not been given to an alien, but to thy firstborn son who shall sit upon the throne of David thy Father.
And again the Angel of God appeared unto him openly, and said unto him, "As for thyself, thou shalt build the house of God, and it shall be glory and as a support for thee; and if thou wilt keep His Commandment and wilt not serve other gods thou shalt be beloved by God, even as David thy father."
And Samuel the Prophet also anointed thy father David.
And those of his sons who were left wished to carry away Zion, when they knew that their father and their brother were dead.
And then when they wished to hide her and to transfer her to the Valley of Gelabuhe (Gilboa) in order that thy father David might not carry them off, she would not let them carry her away until thy father came and carried her away from their city, but not with offerings, and not with incense and burnt offerings.
And then when they wished to hide her and to transfer her to the Valley of Gelabuhe (Gilboa) in order that thy father David might not carry them off, she would not let them carry her away until thy father came and carried her away from their city, but not with offerings, and not with incense and burnt offerings.
And again, when thy father reigned rightly over Israel he took her from the city of Samaria and brought her here to Jerusalem, dancing on his feet before her, and clapping his hands because of joy for her; for she was taken by him that she might come to the city of David thy father.
And again, when thy father reigned rightly over Israel he took her from the city of Samaria and brought her here to Jerusalem, dancing on his feet before her, and clapping his hands because of joy for her; for she was taken by him that she might come to the city of David thy father.
Jerusalem the free that is in the heavens above us, which Jacob our father saw, is with us, and below it is the Gate of Heaven, this Jerusalem on the earth.
Now the queen possessed certain idols which her father had given her to bow down before, and because, when Solomon saw her sacrificing to them and worshipping them, he did not rebuke her or forsake her, God was wroth with him, and made him to forget his wisdom.
And then the daughter of Pharaoh appeared before Solomon, and said unto him, "It is good to worship the gods like my father and all the kings of Egypt who were before my father."
And then the daughter of Pharaoh appeared before Solomon, and said unto him, "It is good to worship the gods like my father and all the kings of Egypt who were before my father."
Who was handsomer than `Amnon? yet he was seduced by Tamar the daughter of David his father And Adam was the first creation of God, yet he was seduced by Eve his wife.
Yea, God hath had mercy upon him, and his name is numbered with [the names of] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and David his father in the Book of Life in heaven.
Come now, and consider, which was the greater of the two, the sin of his father David or the sin of his son Solomon?
(Bathsheba), the mother of Solomon; and he repented, and God had compassion on him, And when he was dying he advised his son Solomon, saying, "Kill Joab as he killed `Amer (Abner), and kill Shimei because he cursed me"; and he performed the will of his father and slew them after the death of David his father.
(Bathsheba), the mother of Solomon; and he repented, and God had compassion on him, And when he was dying he advised his son Solomon, saying, "Kill Joab as he killed `Amer (Abner), and kill Shimei because he cursed me"; and he performed the will of his father and slew them after the death of David his father.
And Solomon killed no one except his brother when he wished to marry the Samenawat, the wife of his father David whose name was `Abis (Abishag).
And Solomon the King, the son of David the King and Prophet, was himself also King and Prophet, and he prophesied many similitudes concerning Christ and concerning the Church, and he wrote four books of prophecy, and is numbered with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and David his father in the kingdom of the heavens.
And his days were not as the days of David his father, but they were twenty [years] shorter than his, because he was under the sway of women and worshipped idols.
And it did not go forth from Judah until four sinners had been born, but it came to Fares (Perez), the patient one, And from him this Pearl went to the firstborn until it came into the belly of Jesse, the father of thy father.
And it did not go forth from Judah until four sinners had been born, but it came to Fares (Perez), the patient one, And from him this Pearl went to the firstborn until it came into the belly of Jesse, the father of thy father.
And then it waited until six men of wrath had been born, and after that it came to the seventh, David, thy innocent and humble father; for God hateth the arrogant and proud, and loveth the innocent and humble.
And then it waited in the loins of thy father until five erring fools had been born, when it came into thy loins because of thy wisdom and understanding.
Ye in whose bellies the Pearl shall be carried shall be saved with your wives, and none of you shall be destroyed, from your father Adam unto him that shall come, thy kinsman `Eyakem (Joachim), and from Eve thy mother, the wife of Adam, to Noah and his wife Tarmiza, to Tara (Terah) and his wife `Aminya, and to Abraham and his wife Sara (Sarah), and to Isaac and his wife Rebka (Rebecca), and to Jacob and his wife Leya (Leah), and to Yahuda and his bride Te'emar (Tamar), and to thy father and his wife Bersabeh.
Ye in whose bellies the Pearl shall be carried shall be saved with your wives, and none of you shall be destroyed, from your father Adam unto him that shall come, thy kinsman `Eyakem (Joachim), and from Eve thy mother, the wife of Adam, to Noah and his wife Tarmiza, to Tara (Terah) and his wife `Aminya, and to Abraham and his wife Sara (Sarah), and to Isaac and his wife Rebka (Rebecca), and to Jacob and his wife Leya (Leah), and to Yahuda and his bride Te'emar (Tamar), and to thy father and his wife Bersabeh.
The Angel Michael is with Zion, with David thy firstborn, who hath taken the throne of David thy father.
And when Solomon had heard these words, his strength came [back] to him on his bed, and he prostrated himself before the Angel of God, and said, "I give thanks unto the Lord, my Lord and thy Lord, O thou radiant being of the spirit, because thou hast made me to hear a word which filleth me with gladness, and because He doth not cut off my soul from the inheritance of my father because of my sin, and because my repentance hath been accepted after mine affliction, and because He hath regarded my tears, and hath heard my cry of grief, and hath looked upon my affliction, and hath not let me die in my grief, but hath made me to rejoice before my soul shall go forth from my body.
And my soul shall be with the soul of David my father, and with the soul of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob my fathers.
And do not bow down to strange gods, and do not worship them, but fear and honour God only, so that thou mayest conquer thy foes and thy adversaries, and mayest inherit the habitation of thy father in the heavens, and also eternal life.
As my father David, my lord, made me king whilst he was alive, even so do I make my son Rehoboam king.
And Rehoboam laid a tablet of wood upon the Tabernacle, and he found it with the name of his father Solomon [written upon] it, and then they set him upon the king's mule, and said unto him, "All hail!
Long live the royal father!" and the city resounded with cries, and the trumpet was blown.
And before Rehoboam could return to his father Solomon died.
And they laid Solomon in the tomb of his father David, and they mourned for him with great mourning, for there was not found his like in wisdom in those days.
And when seven days had passed Rehoboam made the mourning for his father to cease.
And the people of Israel gathered themselves together to Rehoboam, and they said unto him, "Lighten for us [our] labour, for thy father made it very heavy in the hewing of wood, and in the dressing of stone, and in making wagons for bringing down cedarwood."
Now thy father in wisdom gave us, the sons of men of Israel who are learned in the art of war, to grow up with thee that thy kingdom might be strong after him.
But address them with bold words, and speak unto them haughtily, saying, `In respect of my father ye say in wood and in stone, but I will make you to serve me with chains of iron and with scorpion-whips.
For my thin flank shall be stronger than the thickest part of my father's body, and my counsel is greater than the counsel of my father who begot me.
For the whole of this land was given to David my grandfather for his kingdom, and to my father Solomon after him.
And the house of Israel cast lots among themselves so that they might make king the man whom they chose from the house of the father of the man wherein the lot fell.
And the lot fell on the house of Ephraim, on the son of Nabat, and they chose a man from the house of his father, and made Jeroboam king.
And thus was the kingdom separated from Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and there were left to it only the house of Benjamin and the house of Judah his father.
He Who reigned on the throne of David His father was Jesus Christ, his kinsman in the flesh by a virgin, Who sat upon the throne of His Godhead; and upon earth He granted to reign upon His throne the King of Ethiopia, Solomon's firstborn.
And there was born of her God, the Word, Light of Light, God of God, Son of the Father, Who came and delivered His creation; from the hand of Sheol, and from Satan, and from death He hath delivered all of us who have believed in Him, He hath drawn us to His Father and hath raised us up into heaven His throne to become His heirs; for He is a lover of man, and unto Him praise belongeth for ever.
And there was born of her God, the Word, Light of Light, God of God, Son of the Father, Who came and delivered His creation; from the hand of Sheol, and from Satan, and from death He hath delivered all of us who have believed in Him, He hath drawn us to His Father and hath raised us up into heaven His throne to become His heirs; for He is a lover of man, and unto Him praise belongeth for ever.
And he lacked male offspring to reign after him upon his throne, and he was jealous lest the children of his father should reign after him.
And he set forward `Adrami his son, who took some of the nobles of the lower grades of the house of Israel, and the lot fell upon him in the name of his father Solomon; and they gave him a priest of the tribe of the Levites whose name was `Akimihel, and they set `Adrami upon the king's mule, and cried out to him, "Hail! [Long] live the royal father!"
And he set forward `Adrami his son, who took some of the nobles of the lower grades of the house of Israel, and the lot fell upon him in the name of his father Solomon; and they gave him a priest of the tribe of the Levites whose name was `Akimihel, and they set `Adrami upon the king's mule, and cried out to him, "Hail! [Long] live the royal father!"
Thou didst wish for a king of the seed of David my father, and I have done thy will.
And he did that which God hated, and he did not wish to raise up seed to his brother as his father Judah had commanded him.
And Judah, the father-in-law of Tamar, brought her back, and set her in the house of her father, and said unto her kinsfolk, "Keep carefully this Israelitish woman, and let her not defile herself with an alien.
And Judah, the father-in-law of Tamar, brought her back, and set her in the house of her father, and said unto her kinsfolk, "Keep carefully this Israelitish woman, and let her not defile herself with an alien.
And whilst Tamar was living as a widow in her father's house, behold, Judah her father-in-law came to the place where his sheepfolds were to shear wool with great satisfaction and pleasure.
And when Tamar heard that her father-in-law had come, she cast away from her the apparel of widowhood, and she put herself in splendid apparel, and she veiled herself after the manner of a harlot, and she followed him and sat down.
Then Tamar conceived and they told her father-in-law that she had conceived.
And he went and took the elders of Israel to the father of Tamar, and he said unto him, "Bring to me thy daughter who hath conceived that we may stone her with stones even as Moses commanded, for she hath brought reproach upon the house of Israel."