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1 Kings 10:1

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Kings 10:1

Verse 1 of 29

Scripture focus

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 10:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 10:1

Theological / Devotional

The queen of Sheba. There has been considerable difference of opinion as to the country over which this queen ruled. Both Arabia and Ethiopia have claims to such a name and such a queen. The expression “queen of the south,” applied to the queen of Sheba in Matthew 12:42, would apply equally well to a queen of either Arabia or Ethiopia. Results of recent archeological researches in southern Arabia tend to identify the queen with this territory and her capital with Marib, in Yemen. The Arabian Sheba was a great spice country, and many are inclined to believe that this was the Sheba whose queen made a visit to Solomon (see Vol. I, pp. 131, 275).

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