KN 117: Concerning the King of Ethiopia
And the King of Rome, and the King of Ethiopia, and the Archbishop of Alexandria—now the men of Rome were orthodox—were informed that they were to destroy them. And they were to rise up to fight, to make war upon the enemies of God, the Jews, and to destroy them, the King of Rome ‘Enya, and the King of Ethiopia Pinhas (Phinehas); and they were to lay waste their lands, and to build churches there, and they were to cut to pieces Jews at the end of this Cycle in
twelve cycles of the moon. Then the kingdom of the Jews shall be made an end of and the Kingdom of Christ shall be constituted until the advent of the False Messiah. And those two kings, Justinus the King of Rome and Kaleb the King of Ethiopia, met together in Jerusalem. And their Archbishop was to make ready offerings and they were to make offerings, and they were to establish the Faith in love, and they were to give each other gifts and the salutation of peace, and they were to divide between them the earth from the half of Jerusalem, even as we have already said at the beginning of this book. And for love’s sake they were to have jointly the royal title [of King of Ethiopia]. They were to be mingled with David and Solomon their fathers. The one whom in faith they chose by lot to be named from the Kings of Rome was to be called “King of Ethiopia,” and the King of Rome likewise was to bear the name of “King of Ethiopia,” and he was to have part in the lot whereby he should be named with David and Solomon their fathers, after the manner of the Four Evangelists. And the fourth the one whom they were to choose each in his own country …
And thus after they had become united in a common bond, and had established the right faith they were to determine that the Jews were no longer to live, and each of them was to leave his son there; and the King of Ethiopia was to leave there his firstborn son whose name was Israel, and was to return to his own country in joy. And when he came to his royal house, he was to give abundant thanks unto God, and to offer up his body as an offering of praise to his God. And God shall accept him gladly, for he shall not defile his body after he hath returned, but he shall go into a monastery in purity of heart. And he shall make king his youngest son, whose name is Gabra Maskal, and he himself shall shut himself up [in a monastery]. And when one hath told this to the King of Nagran, the son of Kaleb,
he shall come in order to reign over Zion, and Gabra Maskal shall make his armies to rise up, and he shall journey in a chariot, and they shall meet together at the narrow end of the Sea of Liba, and shall fight together. And on the same night the two of them shall pray from sunset until the dawn, when the fight waxeth strong upon them. And when they have cried out to Him with tears God will look upon the prayer of both of them, and the penitent prayer of their father, and, will say, “This one is the elder and he hath stood up to perform the will of his father, and that one, the younger, hath loved his father, and hath prayed to God [for him].” And God will say to Gabra Maskal, “Choose thou between the chariot and Zion,” and He will cause him to take Zion, and he shall reign openly upon the throne of his father. And God will make Israel to choose the chariot, and he shall reign secretly and he shall not be visible, and He will send him to all those who have transgressed the commandment of God. And no one shall build houses, and they shall live in tents, and none shall suffer fatigue in labouring, and none shall suffer thirst on the journey. And their days shall be double of those of [ordinary] men, and they shall use bows and arrows, and shall shoot at and pierce him that God hateth.
Thus hath God made for the King of Ethiopia more glory, and grace, and majesty than for all the other kings of the earth because of the greatness of Zion, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, the heavenly Zion. And may God make us to perform His spiritual good pleasure, and deliver us from His wrath, and make us to share His kingdom. Amen.
And they answered and said unto him, “Verily, thou hast spoken well, for thus was it revealed unto thee by the help of the Holy Spirit. Thou hast told us everything which hath taken place, and thou art in agreement with the book of Damotiyos (Domitius) of Rome. And
thou hast prophesied also what shall happen to the two cities, the brides of Christ, the Churches Nestasya and ‘Arkadya, and Marena, and Ethiopia, the great cities of God, wherein pure sacrifices and offerings shall be offered up at all times.
May God show us His grace! The blessing of all the saints and martyrs [be with us] for ever and ever! Amen. Christ is our King, and in Christ is our life for ever and ever. Amen. And Amen.”
COLOPHON
In the Arabic text it is said: “We have turned [this book] into Arabic from a Coptic manuscript [belonging to] the throne of Mark the Evangelist, the teacher, the Father of us all. We have translated it in the four hundred and ninth year of mercy in the country of Ethiopia, in the days of Gabra Maskal the king, who is called Lalibala, in the days of Abba George, the good bishop. And God neglected to have it translated and interpreted into the speech of Abyssinia. And when I had pondered this—Why did not ‘Abal’ez and Abalfarog who edited (or, copied) the book translate it? I said this: It went out in the days of Zagua, and they did not translate it because this book says: Those who reign not being Israelites are transgressors of the Law. Had they been of the kingdom of Israel they would have edited (or, translated) it. And it was found in Nazret.”
“And pray ye for me, your servant Isaac the poor man. And chide ye me not because of the incorrectness of the speech of the tongue. For I have toiled much for the glory of the country of Ethiopia, and for the going forth of the heavenly Zion, and for the glory of the King of Ethiopia. And I consulted the upright and God-loving governor Ya’ebika ‘Egzi’e, and he approved and said unto me, ‘Work.’ And I worked, God helping me, and He did not requite me according to my sins. And pray ye for your servant Isaac, and for those
Plate XXXI. Sheol, the abode of the Devil and his angels. Three of Satan’s chief devils dragging the souls of the damned with chains through the fire-pits of hell
who toiled with me in the going out (i.e. production) of this book, for we were in sore tribulation, I, and Yamharana-‘Ab, and Hezba-Krestos, and Andrew, and Philip, and Mahari-‘ab. May God have mercy upon them, and may He write their names in the Book of Life in the kingdom of heaven, with those of all the saints and martyrs for ever and ever! Amen.”
INDEX
Aaron, <page 9>, <page 14>, <page 75>, <page 165>, <page 175>, <page 176>, <page 181>
Aaron, rod of, <page 14>, <page 177>, <page 224>
‘Ab’at, <page 166>
Abel, <page 3>, <page 4>, <page 110>, <page 164>
‘Abesa, <page 71>
Abiram, <page 176>
‘Abis, <page 63>, <page 69>, <page 105>
Abisa, <page 63>
Abishag, <page 105>
Abner, <page 104>
Abraham, <page 9>, <page 10> f, <page 16>, <page 31>, <page 51>, <page 67>, <page 72>, <page 104>, <page 106>, <page 111>, <page 112>, <page 169>, <page 172>, <page 173>, <page 176>, <page 196>, <page 219>, <page 220>; goes to Egypt, <page 141>-<page 144>; his belief, <page 200>
Abram, <page 9>, <page 10>, <page 11>
‘Abu’l-Faraj,
‘Abu’l-‘Izz,
Abu Simbel,
Abyssinians,
Adam, <page 5>, <page 2>, <page 5>, <page 6>, <page 8>, <page 11>, <page 79>, <page 104>, <page 107>, <page 110>, <page 112>, <page 164>, <page 168>, <page 173>, <page 183> <page 197>; redeemed by a log of wood brought from Paradise,
Ad’araz, <page 62>
‘Adaryos, <page 62>
Adesius,
‘Adlonya, <page 124>
Adonyas, rod of, <page 177>
‘Adram, <page 62>
‘Adrami, <page 111>, <page 122>, <page 124> ff
‘Adramis, <page 113>
‘Adray, <page 62>
‘Afni, <page 96>
‘Agar, <page 143>
Agarenes, <page 136>
Ahab, <page 65>
Akamhel, <page 139>, <page 140>
‘Akaz’el, <page 63>
‘Akemehel, <page 139>, <page 140>
‘Akimihel, <page 123>
‘Akire, <page 62>
‘Akitalam, <page 62>
‘Akmaba, Lot’s wife, <page 135>
‘Akonhel, <page 62>
‘Akratos, <page 179>
Aksum (Axum),
Al-Beidhawi,
‘Aleba, <page 146>
Alexander the Great,
Alexandra, <page 88>, <page 225>
Almeida, M.,
‘Almeyas (Elmeyas), <page 147>, <page 150>,<page 151>
‘Alsafu, <page 145>
Alvarez, F.,
Amalek, <page 137>, <page 144>, <page 181>, <page 182>
Amalekites, <page 136>
Amelineau,
Amen, the god,
Amenhetep III,
‘Amer, <page 104>
Aminadab, <page 13>
‘Aminya, <page 112>
‘Amisa, <page 112>
Ammon, <page 136>
Amnon, <page 104>
‘Amorewon, <page 144>
Amorites, <page 9>
Angabo,
Angels, creation of, <page 185>, <page 186>; become men, <page 187>; rebellion of, <page 184> ff
Animals, clean and unclean, <page 159>
Antichrist, <page 223>
Antioch, <page 121>, <page 167>
Antiochia, <page 144>
Apollinare,
Apostles, <page 32>, <page 164>
Arabia, <page 106>
Aram, <page 13>
Ararat, <page 135>
Arawi,
‘Ardamis, <page 123>
‘Arderones, <page 62>
Arius, <page 164>
Ark of Mary,
Ark of Michael,
Ark of the Covenant,
‘Arkadya, <page 228>
‘Armatem, <page 127>, <page 128>
Armenia, <page 2>, <page 144>, <page 225>
‘Arai, <page 62>
Arphaxad, <page 9>
‘Arsani, <page 124>
‘Arsibana, <page 144>
‘Asa, <page 63>
Asaf,
Ascension of Isaiah <page 2>,
Ascension, the, <page 216>
‘Asnet, <page 163>
‘Astar’ayon, <page 63>
Astrolabe, <page 122>
‘Aswan, <page 17>
Augury, <page 147>
Autumn, <page 7>
‘Awsteran, <page 62>
Azariah, <page 62>, <page 70>, <page 147>, <page 150>, <page 151>, <page 155>, <page 162>, <page 165>
‘Azaryas, <page 66>, <page 67>, <page 68>, <page 69>, <page 70>, <page 75>, <page 72>, <page 77>, <page 79>
‘Azazat, <page 145>
‘Azyaba, <page 145>
Baal-zebub, <page 94>
Babylon, <page 130>; kings of, <page 127> ff
Bala’on, <page 130>, <page 131>
Bala Zadisareya, <page 38>
Balkis,
Baltasar, Baltasor, <page 52>, <page 123>, <page 124>, <page 125>, <page 126>
Balte, <page 145>
Ba’os, <page 13>
Barkhiya,
Barnabas, <page 194>
Bathsheba, <page 104>, <page 112>
Bayna-Lehkem,
Bed of Solomon, <page 106>
Beginning, the, <page 191>
Bel (Bel),
Belly of a ship,
Belontos, <page 84>
Beloved = Christ, <page 210>
Belts of gold, <page 12>
Benaiah, <page 44>, <page 45>, <page 53>, <page 67>, <page 70>, <page 86>
Benjamin, <page 98>, <page 119>, <page 128>
Benyas, <page 44>, <page 62>, <page 128> ff
Bersabeh, <page 104>, <page 112>
Beth Efrata, <page 119>
Bezold, Dr, C.,
Birds, clean and unclean, <page 159>
Bisis, <page 163>
Blacks, Sea of the, <page 163>
Boats, sacred in Egypt,
Boaz, <page 13>
Boils, <page 96>
Book of Adam and Eve,
Book of Councils, <page 32>
Book of Enoch,
Book of Life, <page 104>
Book of the Bee,
Book of the Covenant, <page 7>
Book of the Law, <page 100>
Book of the Pearl,
Bramble bush, = Mary, <page 174>
Bridle made of nails of the Cross, <page 221>
Brook of Egypt, <page 83>
Bruce, James of Kinnaird,
Buffaloes, <page 44>
Bur, <page 145>
Byzantium, <page 16>
Cain, <page 3>, <page 4>, <page 5>, <page 110>, <page 164>; children of, <page 187>; daughters of, <page 188>
Cairo, <page 88>
Camels, the two she-, <page 77>
Canaan, <page 6>, <page 8>, <page 9>, <page 141>; seven kings of, <page 110>
Canaanites, <page 9>, <page 30>
Candace, <page 42>
Candlesticks, <page 14>
Carmel, <page 172>
Carpets, <page 14>, <page 33>
Cassia, <page 33>
Censer, see Mary
Censer, chains of, <page 175>
Chains of gold, <page 12>
Chariot of Ethiopia, <page 225>
Chariot of the Ark of Zion,
Cherubim, <page 190>, <page 217>
Christ, Body of, <page 224>
Chrysostom,
Circle (compass?), <page 21>.
Clement,
Clock, <page 122>
Collars (rings?), the thirty of silver, xliv
Commandments, the Ten, <page 58>
Constantine, <page 121>, <page 164>
Constantinople (Byzantium, Ram, Rem, Rome, Rumi), <page 16>, <page 121>, <page 167>
Crocodiles, <page 29>
Cross, the, <page 179>, <page 180>, <page 221>
Cross, the Sign of the, <page 121>, <page 181>, <page 182> ff; wood of the, <page 164>, <page 167>, <page 168>
Crucifixion, <page 213> ff
Curtains, <page 14>
Cyril, xxxiii, <page 198>
Dabra Makeda,
Dagon, <page 96>, <page 138>
Dalakem, <page 62>
Damascus, <page 30>, <page 84>
Damathius (?),
Damotiyos, <page 227>
Dan, <page 97>, <page 138>
Dancing, <page 5>
Daniel in the lions’ den, <page 190>, <page 219>
Darius, <page 121>, <page 122>
Darkness of Egypt, <page 180>
Darkness, Sea of, <page 163>
Dathan, <page 176>
David, King, <page 2>, <page 13>, <page 42>, <page 52>, <page 90>, <page 91>, <page 95>, <page 98>, <page 104>, <page 111>, <page 122>, <page 130>
David (Menyelek),
Delilah, <page 137>, <page 138>, <page 139>
Depilatory, the Satanic,
Devil, <page 3>, <page 5>, <page 27>, <page 65>
Dhakwan,
Dhu’l-Karnen,
Didrachmas, <page 68>
Dillmann, Dr. A.,
Disciples, the Seventy, <page 194>
Divinity of kings,
Domitius, <page 16>, <page 167>, <page 227>
Door, the sealed = Mary, <page 174>
Earth, divisions of, <page 16>
Eber, <page 9>
‘Ebna Hakim,
‘Ebrayast, <page 144>
Edom, <page 126>, <page 144>
Edomites, <page 30>, <page 126>
‘Eewewon, <page 144>
Egypt, <page 78>, <page 87>, <page 88>, <page 141>, <page 142>, <page 143>, <page 166>; Upper, <page 30>
Egyptians, <page 30>; drowned, <page 110>
Ekron, <page 94>
‘Elene, <page 164>
Eli, <page 76>, <page 96>
Elijah, <page 65> <page 106>, <page 221>
Elisha, <page 106>
‘Elmeyas, <page 69>
‘Elmiyas, <page 66>, <page 77>, <page 79>, <page 165>
‘Elyas, <page 62>
Emanuel, King of Portugal,
Emerods, <page 5>, <page 75>, <page 97>
Emmanuel, <page 195>, <page 204>
Enoch, <page 4>
Enos, <page 4>
Envy of Satan, <page 4>
‘Enya, <page 225>
Ephraim, <page 119>
Eritrea, <page 83>
Esau, <page 111>, <page 126>
E’sey, <page 13>
Esther (Judith),
Eteye Azeb,
Ethiopia,
Eunuch, the Ethiopian, <page 40>
Eve, <page 48>, <page 104>, <page 110>, <page 112>, <page 173>
Eyakem, <page 112>
Ezekiel, <page 114>
Face of God, <page 172>
Faith, the Orthodox, <page 165>, <page 168>
Fakuten, <page 62>
Famine, <page 141>
Fankera, <page 62>
Farasawiyan, <page 135>
Brig, <page 12>, <page 111>, <page 135>
Fathers, the, <page 218>; Orthodox, <page 1>, <page 8>, <page 15>, <page 32>
Fene’el, <page 163>
Feneken, <page 163>
Ferzewon, <page 144>
Fikaros, <page 62>
Finkana, <page 144>
First Sea, <page 36>
Flood, the, <page 5>, <page 6>, <page 188>
Frankincense, <page 33>
Fringe of Zion, <page 76>
Frumentius,
Gabra Maskal,
Gabriel,
Garden, the, <page 3>, <page 163>; of Delight, <page 110>
Garima, Abba,
Gaza, Gaza,
Gazelles, <page 44>
Gebes, <page 78>
George, Patriarch,
Gerra, <page 165>
Gesham, <page 220>
Geshen, <page 109>
Giedur,
Gilboa, <page 98>
Girgasites, <page 9>
Godinho, P. N.,
Gods of Egypt, <page 102>
Gods of stone, <page 10>
Gold, red, <page 18>
Gomor (Omer), <page 14>; = Mary, <page 178>
Gomorrah, <page 135>, <page 222>
Gomorraites, <page 5>
Gondar,
Goshen, <page 109>, <page 220>
Granville, Lord,
Gregor, Lusavoritch, <page 2>
Gregory the Illuminator, <page 2>, <page 8>, <page 169>, <page 221>, <page 223>, <page 225>
Gregory Thaumaturgus,
Guidi, <page 32>
Hadeya, <page 165>
Hadneyas, <page 63>
Hagar, <page 143>
Ham, <page 6>, <page 44>, <page 102>, <page 126>
Hamdan,
Hangings, <page 14>
Hanna,
Harenewos, <page 222>
Harlotry, <page 6>
Harran, <page 135>
Harvest, <page 7>
Hatshepsut,
Hebrews, <page 30>
Helena, <page 164>, <page 221>
Heliopolis,
Hendake, <page 41>, <page 42>
Henoch, <page 4>
Henos, <page 4>
Hezron, <page 12>
Hides, <page 15>
Hippopotamuses, <page 28>
Hittites, <page 9>
Holy of Holies,
Honase, <page 120>
Hor, <page 81>
Horns of the altar, <page 195>, <page 210>
‘Iblis, <page 110>
Ibn al-Hakim,
Idols, <page 10>; abolition of, <page 147>; fall before Zion, <page 89>
‘Ili, <page 120>
Images, magical, <page 9>
Imi, <page 63>
Incantations, <page 155>
Incense = prayer, <page 175>
India, <page 16>, <page 17>, <page 54>, <page 145>
India, Sea of, <page 163>
Instructions of Peter,
Instruments, musical, <page 5>
Irenaeus, <page 222>
Isaac, <page 12>, <page 67>, <page 90>, <page 100>, <page 104>, <page 112>, <page 126>, <page 143>, <page 144>, <page 172>, <page 176>, <page 196>, <page 219>
Isaac, the translator,
‘Isaron, <page 12>
Ishmael, <page 111>, <page 143>, <page 144>
Israel, <page 13>, <page 36>; judgement of, <page 224>
‘Iyabusewon, <page 144>
Iyoab, <page 144>
Iyo’kem, <page 112>
Iyorbe’am, <page 42>, <page 50>, <page 70>
Iyubed, <page 13>
Jacob, <page 12>, <page 67>, <page 72>, <page 100>, <page 104>, <page 109>, <page 111>, <page 112>, <page 126>, <page 138>, <page 196>, <page 219>; his ladder, <page 175>
Jacob, son of Mati, <page 120>
Jalal ad-Din,
Japhet, <page 6>, <page 44>, <page 121>, <page 122>, <page 126>
Jared, <page 4>
Jebusites, <page 9>
Jeremiah, <page 190>
Jericho, <page 163>
Jeroboam, <page 120>
Jerusalem,
Jesse, <page 13>, <page 47>, <page 79>, <page 111>
Jews, <page 106>, <page 168>, <page 192>, <page 211> ff, <page 226>
Joab, <page 44>, <page 104>
Joachim, <page 112>, <page 120>
Joas, <page 44>, <page 45>, <page 46>, <page 53>, <page 67>, <page 70>, <page 86>
John (IV), King of Abyssinia,
John, son of Zebedee, <page 167>
John the Apostle, <page 82>, <page 191>
Jonah, <page 190>
Jordan, <page 14>, <page 200>
Joseph, <page 109>, <page 190>, <page 199>, <page 220>
Joseph, the carpenter, <page 120>
Joshua, <page 110>
Judah, <page 12>, <page 97>, <page 11>, <page 119>, <page 127>, <page 144>. <page 155>, <page 163>, <page 177>, <page 209>, <page 210>; Judah and Tamar, <page 133>
Judah, land of, <page 14>, <page 20>, <page 41>
Judas and the <page 30> rings of silver,
Judith,
Justinus, <page 226>
Kades, <page 75>, <page 84>, <page 179>
Kahera, <page 88>
Kalamyos, <page 120>
Kaleb, <page 226>
Kandakes,
Karan, <page 135>
Karmelos, <page 129>
Karmi, <page 63>
Karmin, <page 127>; rod of, <page 177>
Karyos, <page 63>
Kasa, Prince,
Kawnasya,
Kayeh Kor,
Kaynan, <page 4>, <page 9>
Kebereneyon, <page 163>
Kebet (Egypt), <page 144>
Kebra Nagast described,
Kekedewon, <page 144>
Kesh, the vile, <page 92>
Ketewon, <page 144>
Khidhr,
Kifi, <page 114>
King’s Gate, <page 46>
Kirem, <page 62>
Kivera Negust,
Korah, <page 176>
Kuergue, <page 30>, <page 144>
Kufali,
Kwolason, <page 138>
Laba, <page 109>, <page 219>
Laban, <page 109>, <page 219>
Lake of Jericho, <page 163>
Lalibala,
Lamech, <page 4>
Lamekh, <page 4>
Lamps, <page 14>
Land of Promise, <page 110>
Land of the Living, <page 4>
Lapwing and Solomon,
Lasifala, <page 163>
Last Sea, the, <page 36>
Law, Tables of the,
Leah, <page 112>
Leatherwork, <page 14>
Leba, <page 168>
Lebanon, <page 148>
Lentiles, <page 126>
Lepsius,
Le Roux,
Levi, <page 120>, <page 177>
Levites, <page 123>, <page 165>
Lewandos, <page 62>
Liba, <page 144>, <page 227>
Lik Wendeyos, <page 62>
Lions’ den, <page 190>, <page 219>
Littmann, Dr. E.,
Lizard, water, <page 28>
Lobo, J.,
Locusts, the three, <page 103>
Lorda, Domingo,
Lot, <page 135>, <page 136>; daughters of, <page 136>
Ludolf, Job,
Luke, <page 191>
Luxor,
Macedon,
Magic, <page 9>, <page 147>
Magicians, <page 96>, <page 199>
Mahalaleel, <page 4>
Maka, <page 144>
Makari, <page 71>
Makdala MSS.,
Makeda,
Makri, <page 63>, <page 69>
Maksaba, <page 138>
Makshara, <page 100>, <page 101>
Malal’el, <page 4>
Malki, <page 120>
Man, creation of, <page 186>, <page 187>
Manasseh, <page 127>, <page 128>
Manbar, <page 196>
Manna, <page 14>; pot of,
Manna = Christ’s body, <page 178>
Mara Takla Haymanot,
Marcion, <page 222>
Marena, <page 228>
Mary, the Virgin,
Maras, <page 145>
Mase’a, <page 144>
Matan, <page 62>
Matatyas, <page 63>
Mati, <page 120>
Matrem, <page 62>
Matusala, <page 4>
Maya Abaw, <page 165>
Measures, <page 24>
Medyam, <page 84>, <page 116>, <page 126> ff; Sea of, <page 163>
Melchizedek, <page 106>, <page 200>
Members, sixty, <page 97>
Menahem, <page 138>
Mendez, A.,
Menelek, Menelik, see Menyelek
Mentelet, Abba,
Menyelek (David II),
Menyelek II,
Mercy seat,
Meropius,
Mesr, <page 87>, <page 88>
Mesrin, <page 78>
Messiah, <page 210>
Methuselah, <page 4>
Mice, <page 96>; <page 60> figures of, <page 97>
Michael, <page 77>, <page 78>, <page 84>, <page 113>, <page 135>
Michael, Ras,
Midian, <page 217>
Miyazya, <page 163>
Moab, King of, <page 135>
Moabites, <page 30>, <page 136>
Moloch, <page 61>
Morna, <page 144>
Morning Star, <page 25>, <page 57>, <page 106>
Moschus, <page 33>
Moses, <page 14>, <page 28>, <page 75>, <page 79>, <page 83>, <page 90>, <page 109>, <page 110>, <page 129>, <page 165>, <page 170>, <page 171>, <page 172>, <page 175>, <page 176>, <page 191>, <page 196>, <page 221>; the Ark of,
Mount of Olives, <page 217>
Mule, origin of, <page 5>
Muslims,
Myrrh, <page 33>
Naasson, <page 13>
Nabat, <page 119>
Nagran, <page 225>, <page 226>, <page 227>
Nahor, <page 9>
Nails of the Cross, <page 222>
Naked men, Sea of, <page 163>
Nakhor, <page 9>
Name of God,
Nason, <page 13>
Nathan, <page 62>
Nazarite, <page 137>
Nebuchadnezzar, <page 133>
Nectanebus II,
Nedros, <page 62>
Nelenteyos, <page 63>
Nestasya, <page 228>
Nestorius, <page 164>
Neya, <page 62>
Noah, <page 4>, <page 5>, <page 6>, <page 9>, <page 16>, <page 44>, <page 51>, <page 89>, <page 112>, <page 121>, <page 136>, <page 144>, <page 188>, <page 196>; Covenant of, <page 8>
Noba (Noph, Moph, Memphis), <page 144>, <page 166>
Noh, <page 4>
Obed, <page 13>
Olympias,
Omens, <page 147>
Oren, <page 13>
‘Orni, <page 13>
‘Oseka, <page 146>
Osiris,
Pagans, <page 192>
Palek, <page 9>
Palestine,
Paradise, <page 110>, <page 163>
Parmenas,
Parthia, <page 121>
Paul, St., <page 31>, <page 42>, <page 126>, <page 169>, <page 194>, <page 199>
Pays, Father,
Pearl, the,
Peleg, <page 9>
Perez, <page 111>, <page 135>
Perizzites, <page 9>
Persia, <page 135>, <page 222>; king of, <page 133>
Persians, <page 135>
Peter, St., <page 82>, <page 222>
Pharaoh, <page 100>, <page 109>, <page 141>-<page 143>, <page 199>; drowned, <page 110>; sends presents, <page 88>
Pharez, <page 12>
Philip, Apostle,
Philip of Macedon,
Philistia, <page 144>
Philistines, <page 75>, <page 76>; history of the king of, <page 137> ff
Phinehas, <page 96>, <page 215>
Phrygia, <page 144>
Piankhi,
Pillar of cloud, <page 115>
Pillar of gold, <page 133>
Pinahas, <page 96>
Pinhas, <page 225>
Portents, <page 155>
Praetorius, Prof.,
Prester John,
Prophecies concerning Christ, <page 201> ff
Prophets, <page 218> ff
Pseudo Callisthenes,
Ptah Tanen,
Queen of Sheba, <page 21> ff, <page 24>; embraces Judaism and marries Solomon, <page 32>
Queen of the South, <page 17> ff
Queens, rule of, in Ethiopia, <page 40>; rule of, abolished, <page 147>
Qurata Rezoo,
Ra,
Ragan, <page 9>
Rahab, <page 199>
Rainbow, <page 7>
Ram = Christ, <page 172>, <page 173>
Ram of Mendes,
Rameses II,
Rauser,
Rebecca, <page 112>, <page 220>
Red Sea,
Rehoboam, <page 50>, <page 52>, <page 70>, <page 108>, <page 111>, <page 112>, <page 116>, <page 117> f, <page 120>; reign of, <page 118>
Resurrection, <page 215> ff
Reu, <page 9>
Reuben, <page 12>, <page 111>, <page 177>
Rif, <page 30>
Ring of Solomon,
River of Egypt, <page 54>, <page 87>, <page 88>
Robel, <page 12>
Rock struck by Moses, <page 179>
Rod of Aaron, <page 176>
Rod of Moses (Jacob’s) staff, <page 199>; = Christ, <page 179>
Roderigo, Don,
Rom, <page 16>, <page 36>, <page 51>
Rome, <page 121> ff, <page 221>, <page 225>, <page 226>
Romya, <page 144>
Rossioni, Carlo Conti,
Rugs, <page 15>
Rukh Bird,
Ruttet,
Saba, Saba, Saba,
Sabaeans,
Sahla (Sahlu) Dengel,
Sakhr,
Sala, <page 9>, <page 13>
Salah, <page 9>
Salem, <page 11>, <page 200>
Salmon, <page 13>
Samabyah, <page 223>
Samaria, <page 98>, <page 120>
Samenawit, <page 105>
Samneyas, <page 62>
Samson, <page 104>, <page 137>, <page 138>
Samuel, <page 97>, <page 98>
Sara, <page 11>
Sarah, <page 11>, <page 112>, <page 141>-<page 144>, <page 220>
Satan, <page 2>, <page 3>
Saul, King, <page 65>, <page 98>
Scarlet thread, <page 103>
Sea of ‘Aleba, <page 146>
Sea of Darkness, <page 163>
Sea of Eritrea, <page 83>, <page 84>, <page 87>, <page 110>
Sea of India, <page 163>
Sea of Liba, <page 227>
Sea of Medyam, <page 163>
Sea of Naked Men, <page 163>
Sea of ‘Oseka, <page 146>
Sea of Tarsis, <page 163>
Sea of the Blacks, <page 163>
Seed time, <page 7>
Senmut,
Seranyas, <page 63>
Seraphim, <page 65>
Seroh, <page 9>
Serpent, <page 3>; the Brazen, <page 170>
Servants, the Two, <page 183>
Scrug, <page 9>
Seth, <page 4>, <page 110>
Shebha,
Shechinah,
Shem, <page 6>, <page 8>, <page 9>, <page 16>, <page 44>, <page 120>, <page 122>, <page 126>, <page 127>, <page 133>, <page 135>, <page 136>, <page 144>, <page 167>, <page 169>
Sheol, <page 65>, <page 109>, <page 110>
Shimei, <page 104>
Shoa, <page 54>
Shunammite, <page 105>
Siebalo,
Silas, <page 194>
Silver, the Thirty Pieces of, <page 213>, <page 215>
Sinai, <page 15>, <page 75>, <page 79>, <page 84>, <page 165>, <page 171>, <page 174>
Siwah,
Snuffers, <page 14>
Sal, <page 62>, <page 144>
Sodom, <page 135>, <page 222>
Solomon,
Solomonic line of kings,
Sophia, St., <page 16>, <page 167>
Song of Songs, <page 105>
South, Queen of the, <page 17>
Spring, <page 7>
Staff of Jacob = Cross, <page 219>
Star-gazers, <page 96>
Stephen, <page 194>
Summer, <page 7>
Sun departs to Ethiopia, <page 36>
Surest, <page 30>
Syene, <page 17>
Syria, <page 30>, <page 109>, <page 144>
Tabernacle = Mary, <page 178>
Tabernacle of Covenant, <page 8>; of Testimony, <page 14>; of Witness, <page 147>
Tables of the Law = Christ, <page 179>
Tablet of wood, <page 117>
Tabor, <page 82>
Takkazi (River), <page 78>, <page 87>, <page 88>
Takla Haymanot,
Tamar, <page 104>, <page 112>, <page 133>, <page 134>
Tamrin,
Tarbana, <page 108>, <page 112>
Targums,
Tarmiza, <page 112>
Tarmon, <page 163>
Tarsis, Sea of, <page 163>
Tasfa ‘Iyasus,
Tchehama, Abba,
Tebreles, <page 139>, <page 140>
Tegray,
Tellez,
Ten Words, <page 8>, <page 169>
Tent of Witness, <page 90>, <page 175>
Torah, <page 9>, <page 10>, <page 112>
Tereb, <page 144>
Thaumaturgus, <page 2>
Tofel, <page 62>
Tongs, <page 14>
Torah, <page 194>, <page 199>
Torch-holders, <page 14>
Trump, Dr.,
Two Tables, <page 14>, <page 15>
Tyre, <page 121>
Tyrians, <page 75>
Unguents, <page 15>
Unicorn = Christ, <page 210>
Uriah, <page 104>
Uriel, <page 113>
‘Uzyan, <page 65>
Uzziah, <page 65>
Valley of Egypt, <page 78>
Valley of Gilboa, <page 98>
Vessels for air and sea travel, <page 37>
Vipers with men’s faces and tails of asses, <page 165>
Wakerom, <page 145>
Walda Tabbib,
Westcar Papyrus,
Whales, <page 29>
Winter, <page 7>
Wisdom praised, <page 21>, <page 22>
Wood, black, <page 18>
Wood brought by Rukh Bird,
Word Incarnate,
Wright, Prof. W.,
Yabaso, <page 164>
Yahuda, <page 112>
Yarod, <page 4>
Yekuno ‘Amlak,
Yodad, <page 62>, <page 124>
Yodahi, <page 44>-<page 46>, <page 70>, <page 86>
Yohada, <page 120>
Yomanest, <page 144>
Yonathan, <page 98>
Zadok, <page 53>, <page 54>, <page 55> ff, <page 62>, <page 67>, <page 75>, <page 77>, <page 85>-<page 77>, <page 95>, <page 117>, <page 149>, <page 150>
Zague,
Zanbares, <page 122>
Zara, <page 135>
Zaryos, <page 129>
Zawa, <page 165>
Zawel, <page 163>
Zebedee, <page 161>,<page 191>
Zechariah, <page 67>
Zion, the city of, <page 2>; glory of, <page 13>; the heavenly,
Zotenberg,
A LIST OF THE PASSAGES FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, QUOTED OR REFERRED TO IN THE KEBRA NAGAST
Genesis i, 1, <page 170>, <page 191>; i, 26, <page 1>; ii, 17, <page 185>; iii, 16, <page 48>; v, 9, <page 9>; vi, 2-4, <page 188>; vi, 14, <page 188>; viii, 21, <page 7>; ix, 4, <page 6>; ix, 25-27, <page 6>; x, 6, <page 8>; xii ff:, 11, <page 144>; xiii, 14-17, <page 11>; xiv, —, <page 200>; xv, 1, <page 10>; xviii, 1, <page 196>; xxii, 13, <page 113>, <page 196>; xxii, 17, <page 30>; xxx, 37, <page 196>; xxxv, 22, <page 12>; xlvii, 29, <page 221>; xlvii, 31, <page 196>; xlix, 4, <page 12>; xlix, 8-12, <page 210>; l, 25, <page 221>.
Exodus iii, 2, <page 174>; vii, 10, <page 180>; vii, 19, <page 181>; viii,—, <page 181>; x, 21, 22, <page 180>; xv, 25, <page 182>; xvi, 35, <page 178>; xvii, 4, <page 176>; xvii, 6, <page 179>; xvii, 11, 12, <page 181>; xix, —, <page 171>; xxv, 10, 13, <page 178>; xxxiii, 18-23, <page 172>; xxxiv, 33, <page 172>.
Leviticus xviii, 18, <page 32>; xxvi, 12, <page 202>.
Numbers xi, 16, <page 171>; xii, 2, <page 171>; xvi,—, <page 175>; xvi, 41, <page 176>; xvii, 8, <page 176>; xxi, 7, <page 170>.
Deuteronomy iv, 1, <page 156>; vi, 4, <page 208>; xviii, 15, <page 170>; xix, 15, <page 223>; xxvii, 15, <page 158>; xxvii, 25, <page 213>; xxix, 20, <page 212>; xxxii, 21, 28, <page 194>; xxxii, 44, <page 205>.
Judges vi, 37, <page 205>.
1 Samuel ii, 29-34, <page 96>; vi, 4, 75, <page 97>; vi, 7, 97; xv, —, <page 65>.
2 Samuel vi, 3, <page 196>; vii, 12, 40, <page 120>.
1 Kings 1, 3, <page 105>; ii, 5, <page 104>.; ii, 35, <page 43>; x, 1, xli; xi, 1, <page 34>.; xvii,—, <page 65>.
2 Kings i, 2, <page 74>.
1 Chronicles ii, 25, <page 12>; v, 1, <page 12>; xxii, 8, 9, <page 90>.
2 Chronicles ix, 1,
Job ix, 8, <page 204>; xviii, 16, <page 212>.
Psalm ii, —, <page 106>; ii, 7, <page 204>; vii, 16, <page 211>; viii, 2, <page 209>; viii, 6, <page 6>; ix, 11, <page 16>; ix, 15, 16, <page 211>; xii, 5, <page 216>; xiii, —, <page 206>; xvi, 10, <page 216>; xviii, 9, <page 204>; xviii, 10, <page 217>; xviii, 43, <page 205>; xviii, 45, 46, <page 205>; xxi, 13, <page 217>; xxii, 16, 182, <page 214>; xxii, 20, 21, <page 210>; xxiii, 8, <page 213>; xxiv, 7, 8, <page 217>; xxviii, 3, 4, <page 130>; xxxiii, 6, <page 192>; xxxiii, 9, <page 192>; xxxiii, 13, <page 205>; xxxv, 12, <page 215>; xxxvi, 1, <page 212>; xl, 7, <page 169>; xli, 9, <page 211>; xliv, 26, <page 216>; xlv, —, <page 193>; xlviii, 2, 3, <page 203>; l, 2, 143, <page 203>; l, 3, <page 202>; l, 7, <page 208>; lviii, 7, <page 192>; lxii, 11, 12, <page 218>; lxviii, 1, <page 216>; lxviii, 18, <page 216>; lxviii, 21, <page 31>; lxviii, 31, 74, <page 223>; lxviii, 32, 35, <page 217>; lxix, 21, <page 183>, <page 204>.; lxxii, 1 ff., <page 106>; lxxii, 5, 17, <page 207>; lxxii, 6, <page 205>; lxxii, 6, 7, <page 203>; lxxii, 9, 10, <page 74>.; lxxii, 11, <page 95>; lxxii, 15, <page 204>; lxxiii, 8, 9, <page 164>; lxxv, 10,
[paragraph continues] <page 211>; lxxviii, 65, <page 216>; lxxxi, 3, <page 209>; lxxxii, 8, <page 216>; lxxxiii, 7, <page 74>; lxxxvii, 2, 3, <page 178>; lxxxvii, 2-4, <page 75>; 5, 6, <page 203>; lxxxix, 3, 4, <page 95>; lxxxix, 35, <page 120>; lxxxix, 37, <page 120>; lxxxix, 27, 29, <page 95>; xc, 3, <page 191>; xcii, 10, <page 210>; xcv, 1, 2, <page 206>; xcv, 10, xlv, <page 52>; xcvi, 5, <page 52>, 196; xcvi, 10, <page 206>; xcviii, 9, <page 206>; civ, 35, <page 212>; cix, 5, <page 193>; cix, 6-8, <page 213>; cix, 17, <page 212>; cx, 3, <page 204>; cx, 4, <page 106>; cxii, 10, <page 213>; cxviii, 26, <page 202>, <page 209>; cxxix, 8, <page 202>; cxxxii, 11,
Proverbs i, 10 ff., <page 214>; vi, 13, <page 211>; viii, 22, <page 207>; viii, 30, <page 207>; xi, 1, <page 213>; xi, 11, <page 212>; xxx, 4, <page 208>; xxx, 18, <page 131>.
Song of Solomon iii, 7 ff., <page 105>; iii, 9, <page 106>.
Isaiah ii, 3, <page 208>; vi, 10, <page 200>; vii, 14, <page 204>; ix, 6, <page 201>; x, 1, 2, <page 212>; x, 33, <page 206>; xi, 10, <page 206>; xxvi, 19, <page 223>; xxix, 13, <page 194>; xxxv, 3, <page 202>, <page 207>; xl, 12, <page 208>; xlii, 1, <page 201>; xliii, 20, <page 207>; xliv, 16, <page 196>; xliv, 18, <page 200>; xlv, 12, <page 193>; xlv, 14, <page 206>; li, 16, <page 75>; liii, 1-3, <page 214>; liii, 2 ff., <page 193>; liii; 4 ff., <page 215>, <page 216>; liii, 12, <page 215>; liv, 4, <page 205>; liv, 13, <page 209>; lix, 20, <page 203>; lx, 1, <page 209>; lx, 2, 3, <page 201>; lxii, 11, <page 209>; lxiii, 1, <page 206>; lxv, 1, <page 74>; lxvi, 1, <page 82>.
Jeremiah xxx, 6-9, <page 201>; xxxi, 11, 12, <page 203>; xxxi, 31, <page 203>; xxxii, 38, <page 202>.
Ezekiel xi, 17, 20, <page 202>; xviii, 12, 31, <page 212>; xxxvi, 27, 28, <page 202>; xliii, 1, <page 174>; xliii, 2, <page 207>.
Daniel vii, 13 ff., <page 218>.
Hosea iv, 1, 2, <page 213>.
Amos, iv, 13, <page 217>.
Micah, iv, 2, <page 203>, <page 208>.
Habakkuk iii, 3, <page 202>; iii, 4, <page 211>; iv, <page 213>.
Haggai ii, 7, 9, <page 206>.
Zechariah i, 17, <page 204>; ii, 10, <page 202>, <page 203>; iv, 5, <page 217>; viii, 3, <page 203>; ix, 9, <page 204>, <page 209>; xi, 12, <page 213>; xi, 13, <page 213>; xii, 10, <page 215>; xiv, 4, <page 217>.
Malachi i, 10, 11, <page 208>; iii, 1, <page 204>; iv, 2, <page 204>; iv, 2, <page 216>.
Wisdom ii, 12, <page 204>.
St. Matthew i, 4, <page 12>; i, 20, <page 121>; vii, 15, <page 222>; vii, 24, 2, 5, <page 179>; x, 8, <page 127>; x, 15, <page 222>; xii, 42, <page 17>; xii, 49, <page 198>; xvi, 18, <page 180>; xvii, 4, <page 82>; xviii, 16, <page 223>; xix, 28, <page 127>; xxii, 32, <page 219>; xxiii, 13, <page 187>; xxiv, 35, <page 7>; xxv 22, <page 159>; xxvi, 26, <page 195>.
St. Mark i, 1, <page 191>; iii, 34, <page 198>; xvi, 16, <page 200>.
St. Luke iii, 33, <page 12>; ix, 33, <page 82>; x, 19, <page 127>; xi, 31, xli, <page 17>; xviii, 9, <page 187>; xxiii, 34, <page 193>.
St. John i, 1, <page 191>; 1, 1-3, <page 191>; ii, 19, <page 105>; viii, 17, <page 223>; x, 7, 9, <page 180>; x, 17, 14, <page 180>; xv, 5, 16, <page 180>; xxi, 17, <page 180>; xxi, 25, <page 167>.
Acts of the Apostles i, —, <page 191>; 3, <page 194>; vii, 31, 55, <page 194>; viii, 27, <page 40>; xxx, 20 ff., <page 215>.
1 Corinthians i, 20, <page 42>; vii, —, <page 31>.
2 Corinthians vi, 16, <page 202>, <page 203>; xiii, 1, <page 223>.
Galatians iii, 28, <page 105>; v, 16, 17, <page 126>.
Hebrews xi, 21, <page 196>, <page 199>.
2 Peter ii, 4, <page 188>.
1 John i, 1, <page 191>; iii; 5, 8, <page 203>.
E.A. Wallis Budge, The Kebra Nagast (1922). Public domain.