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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 children.
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.
Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 American epic historical romance film directed by King Vidor, shot in Technirama (color by Technicolor), and distributed by United Artists. [3] The film dramatizes events described in The Bible —the tenth chapter of First Kings and the ninth chapter of Second Chronicles .
Feb. 10—It is much more than a legend in Ethiopia. It's accepted as a historical fact that when the Queen of Sheba traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon and give him gifts, she became ...
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 Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. Oil on canvas painting by Edward Poynter, 1890. In a brief, unelaborated, and enigmatic passage, the Hebrew Bible describes how the fame of Solomon's wisdom and wealth reached even the far-off Queen of Sheba. The queen is described as visiting with gifts including gold, spices and precious stones.
Articles relating to the Queen of Sheba and her depictions. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon.This account has undergone extensive Jewish, Islamic, Yemenite and Ethiopian elaborations, and it has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in West Asia and East Africa.
"The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" is one of two instrumental movements [1] in Solomon, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel written in May and June 1748 and premiered on 17 March 1749. Scored for two oboes, strings and continuo, [ 2 ] it is the sinfonia which opens Act III, the only act in which Sheba appears, [ 3 ] and it depicts the ...