Menelik I (called Bäynä Ləḥkəm in the
Kebra Nagast; also named
Ebna la-Hakim, Arabic: Ibn Al-Hakim, "Son of the Wise"), first
Solomonic Emperor of Ethiopia, is traditionally believed to be the son of
King Solomon of ancient
Israel and Makeda, ancient
Queen of Sheba. He is alleged to have ruled around 950 BC, according to traditional sources. Tradition credits him with bringing the
Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia, following a visit to
Jerusalem to meet his father upon reaching adulthood.