Person

Queen of Sheba

also known as queen

Gender:: Female
Verse mentions:: 8

The Queen of Sheba traveled to Jerusalem to test Solomon's legendary wisdom with hard questions, arriving with a large caravan of spices, gold, and precious stones (1 Kings 10:1-2). She left convinced that his wisdom and wealth exceeded what she had been told, and the two exchanged gifts (1 Kings 10:6-13). Jesus later referred to her as the "queen of the south" who will testify against his unbelieving generation (Matthew 12:42). The Bible does not name her homeland beyond "Sheba," likely in southern Arabia; later Ethiopian tradition identifies her as Makeda and credits her with bearing Solomon a son, but this is not part of the biblical account.

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Appears in 8

Reference	Verse
1 Kings 10:1	And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
1 Kings 10:4	And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
1 Kings 10:10	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.
1 Kings 10:13	And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
2 Chronicles 9:1	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.
2 Chronicles 9:3	And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
2 Chronicles 9:9	And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:12	And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

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