The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek (Kebra Nagast)

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Kebra Nagast him so that he might not desire to go [to his father] saying, “Why dost thou ask me about thy father? I am thy father and thy mother; seek not to know any more.” And the boy went forth from her presence, and sat down. And a second time, and a third time he asked her, and he importuned her to tell him. One day, however, she told him, saying, “His country is far away, and the road thither is very difficult; wouldst thou not rather be here?” And the youth Bayna-Le˙kem was handsome, and his whole body and his members, and the bearing of his shoulders resembled those of King Solomon his father, and his eyes, and his legs, and his whole gait resembled those of Solomon the King. And when he was two and twenty years old he was skilled in the whole art of war and of horsemanship, and in the hunting and trapping of wild beasts, and in everything that young men are wont to learn. And he said unto the Queen, “I will go and look upon the face of my father, and I will come back here by the Will of God, the Lord of Israel.” 33. How the King of Ethiopia Travelled And the Queen called Tâmrîn, the chief of her caravan men and merchants, and she said unto him, “Get ready for thy journey and take this young man with thee, for he importuneth me by night and by day. And thou shalt take him to the King and shalt bring him back hither in safety, if God, the Lord of Israel, pleaseth.” And she prepared a retinue suitable to their wealth and honourable condition, and made ready all the goods that were necessary for the journey, and for presenting as gifts to the King, and all that would be necessary for ease and comfort by the way. And she made ready everything for sending him away, and she gave to the officers who were to accompany him such moneys as they would need for him and for themselves on the journey. And she commanded them that they were not to leave him there, but only to take him to the King, and then to bring him back again to her, when he should assume the sovereignty over her land. Now there was a law in the country of Ethiopia that [only] a woman should reign, and that she must be a virgin who had never known man, but the Queen said [unto Solomon], “Henceforward a man who is of thy seed 34


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pages 199-279

114. Concerning the Return of Zion

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page 195

Persons

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pages 191-192

107. Concerning His Entrance into Jerusalem in Glory

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Enemy

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pages 193-194

105. Concerning the Belief of Abraham

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page 171

103. Concerning the Horns of the Altar

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page 167

104. More Concerning the Ark and the Talk of the Wicked

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102. Concerning the Beginning

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pages 163-166

100. Concerning the Angels who Rebelled

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pages 157-161

97. Concerning the Murmuring of Israel

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pages 149-150

98. Concerning the Rod of Moses and the Rod of Aaron

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pages 151-155

96. Concerning the Prophecy about Christ

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pages 145-148

91. This is what ye shall eat: the Clean and the Unclean

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pages 136-137

93. How the Men of Rômê Destroyed the Faith

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was Universally Accepted

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made him King

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85. Concerning the Rejoicing of Queen Mâkëdâ

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How the Prophets Foreshadowed Him in their

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79. Concerning the King of Amalek

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77. Concerning the King of Persia

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of the Philistines

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Concerning the Chariot and the Vanquisher of the

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74. Concerning the King of Medyâm

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King of Rômê

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72. Concerning the King of Rômê (Constantinople

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pages 104-106

71. Concerning Mary, the Daughter of David

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page 103

69. Concerning the Question of Solomon

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70. How Rehoboam Reigned

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How he himself Related to his Mother how they

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61. How Solomon Returned to Jerusalem

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of the Gift

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page 72

58. How Solomon Rose up to Slay them

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55. How the People of Ethiopia Rejoiced

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Saluted Zion

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pages 69-70

53. How the Wagon was Given to Ethiopia

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upon it (i.e. Zion) ”

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Of the Return of Zadok the Priest, and the Giving

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Azariah) and the King

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48. How they Carried Away Zion

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how the City Mourned

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41. Concerning the Blessing of Kings

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How Those who were Sent Away Wept and

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39. How They Made the Son of Solomon King

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with the Children of the Nobles

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How the King Planned to Send Away his Son

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How King Solomon Sent to his Son the Commander

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of his Army

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33. How the King of Ethiopia Travelled

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her own Country

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28. How Solomon Gave Commandments to the Queen

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Concerning the Three Hundred and Eighteen

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30. Concerning how King Solomon Swore to the Queen

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27. Concerning the Labourer

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26. How the King Held Converse with the Queen

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25. How the Queen came to Solomon the King

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24. How the Queen Made Ready to Set Out on her Journey

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14. Concerning the Covenant of Abraham

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13. Concerning Abraham

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23. How the Merchant Returned to Ethiopia

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2. Concerning the Greatness of Kings

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and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers

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22. Concerning Tâmrîn, the Merchant

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12. Concerning Canaan

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