Section 94
And after three months they ( that is Daviyd and his soldiers) rose up to wage war from the city of the Government, with Makedā his mother and Tsiyon his Lady. And the Levites carried the Tabot of the Torah, together with the things that appertained to their office, and they marched along with great majesty, and as in times of old when Elohim on Mount Sinai made Tsiyon to come down in holiness to Mosheh and Aharon, even so did Azaryahu and ’ filmiyas bear along the Tabot of the Torah. And the other mighty men of war of Yisra'el marched on the right side of it and on the left, and close to it, and before it and behind it, and although they were beings made of dust they sang psalms and songs of the spirit like the heavenly hosts. And Elohim gave them beautiful voices and marvellous songs, for He was well pleased to be praised by them. And they came from the city of the Government, and encamped at Maya ’Abaw, and on the following morning they laid waste the district of Zawa with Hadeya, for enmity had existed between them from olden time; and they blotted out the people and slew them with the edge of the sword. And they passed on from that place and encamped at Gerra, and here also they laid waste the city of vipers that had the faces of men, and the tails of asses attached to their loins. And [the Queen] returned and encamped in the city of Tsiyon, and they remained within it three months, then their wagons moved on and came to the city of the Government. And in one day they came to the city of Saba, and they laid waste Nob a; and from there they camped round about Saba, and they laid it waste as far as the border of Mitsrayim. And the majesty (or, awe) of the King of Ethiopia was so great that the King of Midyan and the King of Mitsrayim caused gifts to be brought to him, and they came into the city of the Government, and from there they encamped in ’Ab^t, and they waged war on the country of India, and the King of India brought a gift and a present (or, tribute), and himself did homage to the King of Ethiopia. He (i.e. Daviyd) waged war wheresoever he pleased; no man conquered him, on the contrary, whoever attacked him was conquered. And as for those who would have played the spy in his camp, in order to hear some story and relate it in their city, they were unable to run by the wagons, for Tsiyon herself made the strength of the enemy to be exhausted. But King Daviyd, with his soldiers, and the armies of his soldiers, and all those who obeyed his word, ran by the wagons without pain or suffering, and without hunger or thirst, and without sweat or exhaustion, and travelled in one day a distance which [usually] took three months to traverse. And they lacked nothing whatever of the things which they asked Elohim through Tsiyon the Tabot of the Torah of Elohim to give them, for He dwelt with her, and His Malak directed her, and she was His habitation. And as for the king who ministered to His pavilion - if he were travelling on any journey, and wished something to be done, everything that he wished for and thought about in his heart, and indicated with his finger, everything [I say] was performed at his word; and everyone feared him. But he feared no one, for the hand of Elohim was with him, and it protected him by day and by night. And he did His Will, and Elohim worked for him and protected him from all evil for ever and ever. Amen. This I found among the manuscripts of the Assembly of Sophia in Constantinople. And the Archbishops who were there said to him [Domitius?], “ This is what is written from the days of Shəlomah the King.” And Domitius of Antioch said, “ Yea, that which is written up to the day of the death of Shəlomah is to be accepted, and that which has been written by other Nevi'im after his death is to be accepted likewise.”