ethiopian history in amharic pdf bible sermons

And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD there was no more spirit in her. And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. The tale is retold in The Second Book of Chronicles, 8:18 (Pankhurst 16):

The verses below refer to Sheba's visit to King Solomon in Isreal. Sheba is believed to have been Queen of Ethiopia and it is through her Ethiopian rulers claim royalty.

Ethiopian history in amharic pdf bible sermons