The Ark Goes to War

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The Ark Goes to War

THREE MONTHS after the Ark arrived, Menelik and his soldiers learned of pockets of resistance to his leadership and with the priests carrying the Ark they headed for the camp at Maya Abaw.
The following morning they laid waste the district of Zawa and then they camped at Gerra before destroying the city of vipers, which had the faces of men and tails of asses attached to the loins.
Makeda joined her son on the battlefield and for three months they waged war, conquering the city of Saba, which had fallen into enemy hands, and Noba and upwards towards the borders of Egypt.
Because of this terrible weapon of destruction, in the small golden container, the kings of Medyam and Egypt trembled and they sent gifts to Menelik to try to appease his wrath.
They also moved towards the king of India with the same results, for Menelik waged war wherever he wanted and he conquered all the lands his troops entered.
The Ark had made him invincible.
They were able to travel in one day distances that usually took three months and none of the Ethiopians suffered any loss of life because the angel Michael was directing the movements of the Ark, the Very Essence of God.
Menelik I, or Ibna Hakim and David II, stayed much of time at Debra Makeda and if he wanted something to be done, it was just by his thoughts. The Hand of God was with him.