Kebra Negast

The Kebra Nagast (var. Kebra Negast, Ge'ez ክብረ ነገሥት, kəbrä nägäśt), is a 14th-century account written in Ge'ez, an ancient South Semitic language that originated in modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Wallis Budge, an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum created an English translation called The Glory of the Kings. It is considered to be genealogy of the new Solomonic dynasty in Ethiopian Christian studies.

It contains an account of how the Queen of Sheba (Queen Makeda of Ethiopia) met King Solomon and about how the Ark of the Covenant came to Ethiopia with Menelik I (Menyelek). It also discusses the conversion of the Ethiopians from the worship of the Sun, Moon and stars to that of the "Lord God of Israel". As the Ethiopianist Edward Ullendorff explained in the 1967 Schweich Lectures, "The Kebra Nagast is not merely a literary work, but it is the repository of Ethiopian national and religious feelings."

The Old Testament kingly pattern was dogmatically adopted in the Kebra Nagast, including Samuel's call to end the weaknesses of the twelve Judges (one for each of the tribes of Israel), and his establishment of one king with the people's consent, to unify the state against enemy attack. By virtue of his personal strength, David made the throne more stable and unconditional, while Solomon brought about the zenith of virtue, wisdom and power; all held in the monarchy. Thus, during the Era of the Judges legitimate descent from Solomon and Sheba remained the crucial test of eligibility for imperial office.

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