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The Queen of Sheba meeting Solomon — from Piero della Francesca’s Legend of the True Cross frescoes, 1450s, San Francesco, Arezzo
The Queen of Sheba meeting Solomon — from Piero della Francesca’s Legend of the True Cross frescoes, 1450s, San Francesco, Arezzo

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Queen of Sheba

Also called: Makeda, Bilqis

Queen of a southern land who, the Bible says, came to test Solomon’s wisdom; called Makeda in Ethiopia and Bilqis in Islam (legendary)

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  1. 950 BCThe Queen of Sheba Visits SolomonScripturekey figure

    A story told in the First Book of Kings: the queen of Sheba in the south came with spices and gold to test Solomon’s wisdom with hard questions. Ethiopia traces a royal dynasty to the meeting.

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  • Solomon

    Son of David who led the Hebrew kingdom at its height (10th century BC) and, according to the Bible, built the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem