Contents When Solomon returned to Jerusalem he went with the elders into the House of God, and he and ZADOK embraced each other and wept bitterly. Then they dried their tears and the elders made a long speech to SOLOMON in which they sketched the past history of the Ark of the Covenant, i.e. the Tabernacle ZION. They reminded him how the PHILISTINES captured it and […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] His Resurrection The prophet DAVID aDavidrophesied, concerning His Resurrection and said, “I will arise, saith the Lord, and I will make salvation and manifest it openly.” And again he saith, “Rise up, O Lord, and judge the earth, for Thou shalt inherit among the nations.” And he also prophesied and said, “Rise up, […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] The Queen of the South How this Queen was born I have discovered written in that manuscript, and in this manner also doth the Evangelist mention that woman. And our Lord JESUS CHRIST, in condemning the Jewish people, the crucifiers, who lived at that time, spake, saying: “The Queen of the […]
The prophecy of CHRIST According to the interpretation of prophecy, the name SOLOMON signifieth in the secret speech “CHRIST“. And as Solomon built the house of God, so Christ raised up His Body and made it into the Church. And when He said unto the JEWS, “Throwdown this house, and in three days I will build it up [again],” He spoke to them of […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] The Angels who rebelled And there were certain angels with whom God was wroth—now He, the Knower of the heart knew them—and they reviled ADAM, saying, “Since God hath shown love to him He hath set us to minister unto him, and the beasts and creeping things, and the fish of […]
Lying witnesses There was a certain depraved man of the seed of BENJAMIN, whose name was BENYÂS, who used to lead the mule of the King of Israel, and KARMÎN used to feed him, together with the mule of King MANASSEH. And among the neighbors of KARMÎN there were certain men who were envious of him because of [his] pastures and wells, and […]
The book opens with an interpretation and explanation of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers concerning the children of ADAM, and the statement that the Trinity lived in ZION, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, which God made in the fortress of His holiness before He made anything else. The Trinity agreed to make man […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] They made him King “And when these had become silent there rose up the priest who gave us the Commandments, with the fear of God, and he shed tears whilst our bodies quaked and our tears flowed down. God is indeed, without falsehood, in our hearts, and He dwelleth in […]
The object of the author, or compiler, and the later editors of the KEBRA NAGAST (no matter what its original form may have been), was to glorify ETHIOPIA by narrating the history of the coming of the “spiritual and heavenly ZION“, the Tabernacle of the Law of the God of Israel, of her own free will from JERUSALEM to ETHIOPIA, and to make it […]
The Return of ZADOK the Priest, and the giving of the Gift When ZADOK the priest returned to SOLOMON the King he found him sorrowful. And the King answered and said unto ZADOK the priest, “When the Queen came there appeared to me by night this vision: It seemed as if I were standing in the chamber of JERUSALEM, and the sun came down […]
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