The Kebra Nagast: Contents

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Introduction: I.	The Manuscripts of the Kĕbra Nagast, etc.	xxiii
II.	Translation of the Arabic Version	xxxix
III.	Legends of the Queen of Sheba in the Ḳur’ân	lvi
IV.	Modern Legends of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba	lx
V.	Summary of the Contents of the Kĕbra Nagast	lxiv

	The Chapters of the Kĕbra Nagast
1.	The Glory of Kings	1
2.	The Greatness of Kings	2
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 Orthodox 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 Kĕbra Nagast	16
20.	The Division of the Earth	16
21.	The Queen of the South	16
22.	Tâmrîn, the Merchant	17
23.	The Return of Tâmrîn to Ethiopia	19
24.	The Queen of Ethiopia prepares for her Journey to Jerusalem	21
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25.	The Queen of Ethiopia comes 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
32.	The Queen brings forth her son Bayna-Leḥkem	37
33.	Bayna-Leḥkem sets out for Jerusalem	39
34.	Bayna-Leḥkem arrived in Gâzâ	41
35.	Solomon makes Bayna-Leḥkem Captain of his Host	43
36.	Solomon's Conversation with Bayna-Leḥkem	46
37.	Solomon questions his son Bayna-Leḥkem	49
38.	Solomon decides to send Bayna-Leḥkem away with the eldest sons of his nobles	51
39.	Bayna-Leḥkem (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 of Zion	75
52.	Zadok gives David (II) the covering of the Tabernacle of Zion	76
53.	The Gift of the Wagon of Zion to Ethiopia	78
54.	How David (II) prophesied and saluted Zion	80
55.	How the People of Ethiopia rejoiced	82
56.	Zadok the Priest discovers that the Tabernacle of Zion has been stolen	84
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57.	The Swooning of Zadok the Priest	86
58.	How Solomon rose up to slay them	86
59.	Solomon arrives in Egypt and questions the Egyptians	88
60.	Solomon's Lament for the Tabernacle of Zion	89
61.	Solomon's Return to Jerusalem	95
62.	Solomon's Resignation to the Will of God	99
63.	The Elders accept Solomon's View and decide to keep the theft of Zion a secret	100
64.	Solomon marries an Egyptian Princess	102
65.	The Sin of Solomon	104
66.	Solomon a prototype of Christ	105
67.	The Death Lament of Solomon	107
68.	The Virgin Mary, our Lady of Salvation	110
69.	The Conversation of Solomon with the Angel concerning Christ	114
70.	The Reign of Rehoboam	117
71.	The Virgin Mary, the daughter of David	121
72.	The King of Rômê (Constantinople)	121
73.	’Adrâmî, the son of Solomon, becomes King of Rômê	125
74.	The King of Medyâm, a descendant of Shem	126
75.	The King of Babylon, a descendant of Shem	127
76.	Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Karmîn, a descendant of Shem	128
77.	The King of Persia, a descendant of Tamar	133
78.	The King of Moab, a descendant of Lot	135
79.	The King of Amalek, a descendant of Lot	136
80.	The King of Philistia, a descendant of Samson	137
81.	How Akamḥêl, the son of Samson, slew Ṭebrêlês, the son of the King of the Philistines	139
82.	Abraham's journey into Egypt	141
83.	The King of the Ishmaelites	144
84.	How Bayna-Leḥkem (David II) returned to Ethiopia	144
85.	How Queen Mâkĕdâ rejoiced at his coming	145
86.	How Queen Mâkĕdâ made her son King of Ethiopia	146
87.	How the Ethiopian Nobles swore fidelity to him	147
88.	Bayna-Leḥkem describes to his Mother his anointing as King	150
89.	Queen Mâkĕdâ's Address to the Israelites in Ethiopia	152
90.	How Azariah praised the Queen and her Royal City	155
91.	Regulations about Meats, clean and unclean	159
92.	How the Kingdom of Bayna-Leḥkem (David II) was established in Ethiopia	162
93.	How the Men of Rômê (Byzantium) destroyed the Faith	163
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94.	The First War of Bayna-Leḥkem (David II)	165
95.	How the Authority of Bayna-Leḥkem was universally accepted	167
96.	The Prophecies concerning Christ	170
97.	The Murmuring of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron	174
98.	The Rod of Moses and the Rod of Aaron	177
99.	Parable of the Two Slaves, i.e. the Devil and Adam	183
100.	How the Angels rebelled against God when He created Adam	184
101.	Concerning Him that existeth in everything	190
102.	The Beginning	191
103.	The Horns of the Altar and their Significance	195
104.	The Ark of Noah and the Talk of the Wicked	196
105.	The Belief of Abraham	200
106.	Prophecies concerning the Coming of Christ	201
107.	Christ's Glorious Entrance into Jerusalem	209
108.	The Wickedness of the Jews	211
109.	The Crucifixion	213
110.	The Resurrection	215
111.	The Ascension of Christ and His Second Coming	216
112.	The Prophets as prototypes of Christ	218
113.	The Chariot and the Vanquisher of the Enemy	221
114.	The Return of Zion	223
115.	The Judgement of Israel	224
116.	The Chariot of Ethiopia	225
117.	The King of Rômê and the King of Ethiopia	225
	Colophon	228
	Index	230
	List of Passages quoted from the Old and New Testaments	240

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