Sheba
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold,
and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there
came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen
of Sheba gave to king Solomon....
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Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the
young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to
take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey?
to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods,
to take a great spoil?...
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she
came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart....
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Sheba (Arabic: سبأ, Sabaʼ, Hebrew: שבא, Sh'va, Ge'ez, Amharic,
Tigrinya: ሳባ, Saba) was a kingdom mentioned in the Jewish
scriptures (Old Testament) and the Qur'an. The actual location
of the historical kingdom is disputed, with modern evidence
tending toward Yemen in southern Arabia,[1][2][3] but other
scholars argue for a location in either p...
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she'-ba (shebha'; Saba): (1) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons
of Raamah son of Cush (Gen 10:7). (2) Sheba and Dedan are the
two sons of Jokshan the son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:3).
(3) Sheba is a son of Joktan son of Eber who was a descendant
of Shem (Gen 10:28).
From the above statements it would appear that Sheba was the
name of an Ara...
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-1. Son of Raamah
Ge 10:7; 1Ch 1:9
-2. Son of Joktan
Ge 10:28; 1Ch 1:22
-3. Son of Jokshan
Ge 25:3; 1Ch 1:32
-4. A Benjamite who led an insurrection against David
2Sa 20
-5. A Gadite
1Ch 5:13
-6. A city of the tribe of Simeon
Jos 19:2
-7. Queen of, visits Solomon
1Ki 10:1; 13; 2Ch 9:1-12
Kings of, bring gifts to Solomon
Ps 72:10
Ric...
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(on oath), the son of Bichri, a Benjamite, 2Sa 20:1-22 the
last chief of the Absalom insurrection. The occasion seized by
Sheba was the emulation between the northern and southern
tribes on David's return. 2Sa 20:1,2 Sheba traversed the whole
of Israel apparently rousing the population, Joab following in
full pursuit to the fortress Abel Beth-...
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an oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen.
10:7),
whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the
Persian
Gulf.
(2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably
the
founder of the Sabeans.
(3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of
Abraham by
Keturah (Gen. 25:3).
(4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheb...
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1. Son of Bichri a Benjamite, a man of Belial (2 Samuel 20:1-
22). The tribe of Benjamin through Sheba sought to regain the
ascendancy which it lost at Saul's fall. Judah alone remained
faithful to David "from Jordan even to Jerusalem"; the rest of
Israel followed Sheba. The division between Israel and Judah
already had shown itself under Ishbo...
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captivity; old man; repose; oath...
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