{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/kn/kn002.htm","path":"afr/kn/kn002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/kn/kn002.htm","text":"The Kebra Nagast, by E.A.W. Budge, [1922]\n| | | PAGE | \n| Introduction: I. | The Manuscripts of the K\u0115bra Nagast, etc. | xxiii | \n| II. | Translation of the Arabic Version | xxxix | \n| III. | Legends of the Queen of Sheba in the \u1e32ur\u2019\u00e2n | lvi | \n| IV. | Modern Legends of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba | lx | \n| V. | Summary of the Contents of the K\u0115bra Nagast | lxiv | \n| | | | \n| | The Chapters of the K\u0115bra Nagast | | \n| 1. | The Glory of Kings | 1 | \n| 2. | The Greatness of Kings | 2 | \n| 3. | The Kingdom of Adam | 3 | \n| 4. | Concerning Envy | 3 | \n| 5. | The Kingdom of Seth | 4 | \n| 6. | The Sin of Cain | 4 | \n| 7. | Noah | 5 | \n| 8. | The Flood | 5 | \n| 9. | The Covenant of Noah | 6 | \n| 10. | Concerning Zion | 7 | \n| 11. | Declaration of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers | 8 | \n| 12. | Canaan | 8 | \n| 13. | Abraham | 9 | \n| 14. | The Covenant of Abraham | 10 | \n| 15. | Isaac and Jacob | 12 | \n| 16. | Reuben | 12 | \n| 17. | The Glory of Zion | 13 | \n| 18. | The Agreement of the Orthodox Fathers and Bishops | 15 | \n| 19. | The Discovery of the Book K\u0115bra Nagast | 16 | \n| 20. | The Division of the Earth | 16 | \n| 21. | The Queen of the South | 16 | \n| 22. | T\u00e2mr\u00een, the Merchant | 17 | \n| 23. | The Return of T\u00e2mr\u00een to Ethiopia | 19 | \n| 24. | The Queen of Ethiopia prepares for her Journey to Jerusalem | 21 | \n| | p. xviii | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| 25. | The Queen of Ethiopia comes to Solomon the King | 23 | \n| 26. | The Conversation of Solomon with the Queen of Ethiopia | 25 | \n| 27. | Solomon and the Workman | 26 | \n| 28. | Solomon's Instructions to the Queen | 28 | \n| 29. | The Three Hundred and Eighteen Patriarchs\u2014Narrative of Solomon and the Queen\u2014continued | 31 | \n| 30. | Solomon's Oath to the Queen of Ethiopia | 33 | \n| 31. | Solomon's Sign to the Queen of Ethiopia | | \n| 32. | The Queen brings forth her son Bayna-Le\u1e25kem | 37 | \n| 33. | Bayna-Le\u1e25kem sets out for Jerusalem | 39 | \n| 34. | Bayna-Le\u1e25kem arrived in G\u00e2z\u00e2 | 41 | \n| 35. | Solomon makes Bayna-Le\u1e25kem Captain of his Host | 43 | \n| 36. | Solomon's Conversation with Bayna-Le\u1e25kem | 46 | \n| 37. | Solomon questions his son Bayna-Le\u1e25kem | 49 | \n| 38. | Solomon decides to send Bayna-Le\u1e25kem away with the eldest sons of his nobles | 51 | \n| 39. | Bayna-Le\u1e25kem (i.e. Menyelek) is anointed King of Ethiopia, and is called David (II) | 53 | \n| 40. | Zadok's Commands to David (II) | 54 | \n| 41. | The Blessing of Kings | 56 | \n| 42. | The Ten Commandments | 58 | \n| 43. | The Priests and Officials of the Court of David (II) in Ethiopia | 61 | \n| 44. | The King must not be reviled | 64 | \n| 45. | The Sons of the Nobles who are to go to Ethiopia make a plot | 66 | \n| 46. | The Plot to steal the Tabernacle of Zion from the Temple in Jerusalem | 68 | \n| 47. | The Offering of Azariah and the King | 70 | \n| 48. | How they stole the Tabernacle of Zion | 71 | \n| 49. | How Solomon blessed his son David (II) | 72 | \n| 50. | The Farewell of David (II) to his father, and the grief of the people | 73 | \n| 51. | Solomon bids Zadok fetch the covering of the Tabernacle of Zion | 75 | \n| 52. | Zadok gives David (II) the covering of the Tabernacle of Zion | 76 | \n| 53. | The Gift of the Wagon of Zion to Ethiopia | 78 | \n| 54. | How David (II) prophesied and saluted Zion | 80 | \n| 55. | How the People of Ethiopia rejoiced | 82 | \n| 56. | Zadok the Priest discovers that the Tabernacle of Zion has been stolen | 84 | \n| | p. xix | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| 57. | The Swooning of Zadok the Priest | 86 | \n| 58. | How Solomon rose up to slay them | 86 | \n| 59. | Solomon arrives in Egypt and questions the Egyptians | 88 | \n| 60. | Solomon's Lament for the Tabernacle of Zion | 89 | \n| 61. | Solomon's Return to Jerusalem | 95 | \n| 62. | Solomon's Resignation to the Will of God | 99 | \n| 63. | The Elders accept Solomon's View and decide to keep the theft of Zion a secret | 100 | \n| 64. | Solomon marries an Egyptian Princess | 102 | \n| 65. | The Sin of Solomon | 104 | \n| 66. | Solomon a prototype of Christ | 105 | \n| 67. | The Death Lament of Solomon | 107 | \n| 68. | The Virgin Mary, our Lady of Salvation | 110 | \n| 69. | The Conversation of Solomon with the Angel concerning Christ | 114 | \n| 70. | The Reign of Rehoboam | 117 | \n| 71. | The Virgin Mary, the daughter of David | 121 | \n| 72. | The King of R\u00f4m\u00ea (Constantinople) | 121 | \n| 73. | \u2019Adr\u00e2m\u00ee, the son of Solomon, becomes King of R\u00f4m\u00ea | 125 | \n| 74. | The King of Medy\u00e2m, a descendant of Shem | 126 | \n| 75. | The King of Babylon, a descendant of Shem | 127 | \n| 76. | Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Karm\u00een, a descendant of Shem | 128 | \n| 77. | The King of Persia, a descendant of Tamar | 133 | \n| 78. | The King of Moab, a descendant of Lot | 135 | \n| 79. | The King of Amalek, a descendant of Lot | 136 | \n| 80. | The King of Philistia, a descendant of Samson | 137 | \n| 81. | How Akam\u1e25\u00eal, the son of Samson, slew \u1e6cebr\u00eal\u00eas, the son of the King of the Philistines | 139 | \n| 82. | Abraham's journey into Egypt | 141 | \n| 83. | The King of the Ishmaelites | 144 | \n| 84. | How Bayna-Le\u1e25kem (David II) returned to Ethiopia | 144 | \n| 85. | How Queen M\u00e2k\u0115d\u00e2 rejoiced at his coming | 145 | \n| 86. | How Queen M\u00e2k\u0115d\u00e2 made her son King of Ethiopia | 146 | \n| 87. | How the Ethiopian Nobles swore fidelity to him | 147 | \n| 88. | Bayna-Le\u1e25kem describes to his Mother his anointing as King | 150 | \n| 89. | Queen M\u00e2k\u0115d\u00e2's Address to the Israelites in Ethiopia | 152 | \n| 90. | How Azariah praised the Queen and her Royal City | 155 | \n| 91. | Regulations about Meats, clean and unclean | 159 | \n| 92. | How the Kingdom of Bayna-Le\u1e25kem (David II) was established in Ethiopia | 162 | \n| 93. | How the Men of R\u00f4m\u00ea (Byzantium) destroyed the Faith | 163 | \n| | p. xx | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| 94. | The First War of Bayna-Le\u1e25kem (David II) | 165 | \n| 95. | How the Authority of Bayna-Le\u1e25kem was universally accepted | 167 | \n| 96. | The Prophecies concerning Christ | 170 | \n| 97. | The Murmuring of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron | 174 | \n| 98. | The Rod of Moses and the Rod of Aaron | 177 | \n| 99. | Parable of the Two Slaves, i.e. the Devil and Adam | 183 | \n| 100. | How the Angels rebelled against God when He created Adam | 184 | \n| 101. | Concerning Him that existeth in everything | 190 | \n| 102. | The Beginning | 191 | \n| 103. | The Horns of the Altar and their Significance | 195 | \n| 104. | The Ark of Noah and the Talk of the Wicked | 196 | \n| 105. | The Belief of Abraham | 200 | \n| 106. | Prophecies concerning the Coming of Christ | 201 | \n| 107. | Christ's Glorious Entrance into Jerusalem | 209 | \n| 108. | The Wickedness of the Jews | 211 | \n| 109. | The Crucifixion | 213 | \n| 110. | The Resurrection | 215 | \n| 111. | The Ascension of Christ and His Second Coming | 216 | \n| 112. | The Prophets as prototypes of Christ | 218 | \n| 113. | The Chariot and the Vanquisher of the Enemy | 221 | \n| 114. | The Return of Zion | 223 | \n| 115. | The Judgement of Israel | 224 | \n| 116. | The Chariot of Ethiopia | 225 | \n| 117. | The King of R\u00f4m\u00ea and the King of Ethiopia | 225 | \n| | Colophon | 228 | \n| | Index | 230 | \n| | List of Passages quoted from the Old and New Testaments | 240 |","title":"The Kebra Nagast: Contents","type":"page"}