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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Sheba (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)
A name among the nations in Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9. Job 1:15 has raiders from Sheba carrying off Job's oxen and killing his servants.
A name among the nations in Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9. Job 1:15 has raiders from Sheba carrying off Job's oxen and killing his servants.
Two figures named Sheba appear in the Old Testament. The Queen of Sheba traveled a great distance, likely from southern Arabia, to test Solomon's famous wisdom with hard questions, and left declaring the reports she had heard didn't do him justice. A different Sheba, a Benjamite, led a short-lived rebellion against David shortly after Absalom's revolt was crushed.
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- Genesis 10:7
- 1 Chronicles 1:9
- Job 1:15
