ABSTRACT
Then they took ’Ebna Hakim into the Holy of Holies, and he laid his hands on the horns of the altar, and Zadok the priest, assisted by Joas (Benaiah) anointed him king, and bestowed upon him the name of David. And they set the young man on Solomon’s mule, and he rode about the city amid the blowing of horns, the beating of drums, the twanging of harps, and the pipings of flutes and pipes. Cries of joy and gladness filled the air everywhere, and the people cried out to him “ Bah,” i.e. “ H a il! Long Life.” A little later Zadok instructed him in the way in which he should rule his kingdom, and imparted to him a summary of the Religious, Moral and Civil Law of Israel. And Solomon gave to his son horses and chariots, camels, mules, wagons, gold and silver, byssus and purple, gems, pearls, and semi-precious stones, and in fact everything necessary for the founding of Israel’s new kingdom in Ethiopia. And the councillors prepared their eldest sons for their journey to Ethiopia, but though they pretended to Solomon that they were doing it with good will, they cursed him for robbing them of their sons. The names of the young noblemen who were selected to go
