LIST of the KINGS of ABYSSINIA,
FROM
MAQUEDA, QUEEN OF SABA, TO THE NATIVITY.
Years
Years
Menilek, or David I. reigned 4
Katzina reigned, -
- 9
Hendedya, or Zagdur, - 1
Wazeha,
1
Awida, - - 1 1
Hazer, • -
- 2
Aufyi, - 3
Kalas,
6
Sawe, - - - 31
Solaya,
16
Gefaya, - - 15
Falaya,
- 26
Katar, - - - -15
Aglebu,
3
Mouta, 20
Afifena,
1
Bahas, - 9
Brus,
29
Kawida, 2
Mohefa,
1
Kanaza, - - - 10
Bazen, -
- 16
Menilek succeeded to the throne in the 986th year before Christ; and this number of years must be exhausted in the reign of these twenty-two kings, when each reign, in that case, will amount to more than forty-four years, which is impossible. The reign of the twenty-one kings of Israel, at a medium, is a little more than twenty-two years at an average, and that is thought abundantly high. And, even upon that footing of comparison, there will be wanting a great deal more than half the number of years between Menilek and Bazen, so that this account is apparently false. But I have another very material objection to it, as well as the
