This has led to many legends and theories of how such a sacred and guarded object could
have been so carelessly lost. One such legend, which has been inspirational to modern
Rastafarians is recorded in an ancient Ethiopian text called the Kebra Negast ('The Glory of
Kings'). In brief, this tale concerns how the ark of the covenant was stolen from the Temple by a
son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who brought it to rest in Ethiopia, where it has
remained to this day.jah rastafari
