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The Queen of Sheba, [a] known as Bilqis [b] in Yemeni and Islamic tradition and as Makeda [c] in Ethiopian tradition, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon .
The Queen of the South is one of the names/Titles the Reigning Queen of Sheba holds. Queen of the South (Greek: βασίλισσα νότου, basilissa notou) is an alternative title for the Queen of Sheba, used in two parallel passages in the New Testament (Matthew 12:42 and Luke 11:31), where Jesus said:
The only time a woman held higher office was in the case of Athaliah, who usurped the throne of Judah. To further complicate matters, the word gəḇereṯ ( גְּבֶרֶת ; also גְּבִרְת gəḇirət and גְבָרֶת gəḇāreṯ , meaning 'lady', 'mistress', or 'queen') occurs nine times in the Masoretic Text .
Bathsheba (/ b æ θ ˈ ʃ iː b ə, ˈ b æ θ ʃ ɪ b ə /; Hebrew: בַּת־שֶׁבַע Baṯ-šeḇaʿ, lit. ' Daughter of Sheba ' or ' Daughter of the Oath ') [1] was an Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five
While there is no archaeological evidence of a marriage between an Egyptian princess, the daughter of a Pharaoh, and a king of united Israel, claims of one are made at several places in the Hebrew Bible. (Note: All scripture quotes are taken from the 1917 Jewish Publication Society Bible, now in the public domain.)
2 Chronicles 9 is the ninth chapter of the Second Book of Chronicles the Old Testament in the Christian Bible or of the second part of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as " the Chronicler ", and had the final shape ...
Statue of Abiathar (next to the Queen of Sheba) at Reims Cathedral. Abiathar (Hebrew: אֶבְיָתָר ʾEḇyāṯār, "father (of) abundance"/"abundant father"), [1] in the Hebrew Bible, is a son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, [2] the fourth in descent from Eli [3] and the last of Eli's House to be a High Priest.
This period witnessed the reign of the legendary Queen of Sheba mentioned in the Bible, called Bilqīs by Muslim scholars. [9] At the end of this period, in the 9th century BCE, writing was introduced; this now meant that South Arabian history could be written down.