3 Enoch

Enoch raised upon the wings of the Shekina to the place of the Throne, the Merkaba and the angelic hosts R. Ishmael said: Metatron, the Angel, the Prince of the Presence, said to me: When the Holy One, blessed be He, took me away from the genera- tion of the Flood, he lifted me on the wings of the wind of Shekina to the highest heaven and brought me into the great palaces of the “Araboth Ragia‘ on high, where are “the glorious Throne of Shekina?, the Merkaba?, the troops of anger, the armies of vehemence, the fiery Shin’anim*, the *flaming Kerubim, and the burning ’Ophan- nim, the flaming servants, the flashing Chashmallim and the light- ening Seraphim®. And he placed me (there) to attend the Throne of Glory day after day. 1 B places this chapter at the end of ch. xiv. 2-2 BCL: ‘the glory of Shekina’