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=== Prophecies (chapters 96β117)=== After praising the king of Ethiopia, the king of Egypt, and the book Domitius was found, which has established not only Ethiopia's possession of the true Ark of the Covenant, but that the Solomonic dynasty is descended from the first-born son of Solomon (chapter 95). Gregory then delivers an extended speech with prophetic elements (chapters 95β112), forming what Hubbard calls a "Patristic collection of Prophecies": "There can be little doubt that chapters 102β115 are written as polemic against, if not an evangel to, the Jews. These chapters seek to prove by Old Testament allegories and proof-texts the Messianic purpose of Jesus, the validity of the Ethiopian forms of worship, and the spiritual supremacy of Ethiopia over Israel".{{Sfn|Hubbard|1956|p=39}} Hubbard further speculates that this selection from the Old Testament might be as old as [[Saint Frumentius|Frumentius]], who had converted the Kingdom of Axum to Christianity.{{Sfn|Hubbard|1956|p=44}} The ''Kebra Nagast'' concludes with a final prophecy that the power of Rome will be eclipsed by the power of Ethiopia, and describes how king [[Kaleb of Axum]] will subdue the Jews living in [[Najran]], and make his younger son [[Gabra Masqal]] his heir (chapter 117).
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