Menelik, Adrami, And Rehoboam...

And he [Solomon]took council with his councillors of the house of Israel, and he said unto them, We have already given our son and our children to the country of Ethiopia, and Israel hath a kingdom there. And now, so that we may have a third kingdom, the country of Rome, I will send thither Adrami my youngest son. Hold ye not it against me as an evil thing that formerly I took away your sons, for it is a pleasing thing to God that the men of Ethiopia have learned His Name, and have become His people. In like manner, the men of Rome, if we give them our children, will become the people of God, and unto us moreover shall be given the name ‘People of God,’ being spoken of thus and called thus: The people of Israel have taken the kingdom of Ethiopia and the kingdom of Rome. Give ye your youngest sons as before [ye gave the eldest], and let those of the middle age stay in our city. (Kebra Negast chapter 72).

Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient . . . a stone of stumbling . . . But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (I Peter 2:6-10).