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The Queen of Sheba, a legendary beauty & King Solomon's lover, was a monarch of the ancient kingdom of Sheba & is referred to in Yemeni and Ethiopian history, the Bible, the Qur'an, Yoruba customary tradition & Josephus. The location of her kingdom is believed to have been in Ethiopia & Yemen. King Solomon is said to have seduced the Queen, and sired a son, Menelik I, by her, who would eventually become the first Emperor of Ethiopia. Edward John Poynter, Edwin Austin Abbey, The Queen Of Sheba, Queen Of Sheba, Ancient Queen, John Everett Millais, Black Royalty, African Royalty, Ancient Kingdom

The story of the Queen of Sheba appears in religious texts sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Described in the Bible as simply a Queen of the East, in the Qur'an as Bilqis or Balqis, in Ethiopian (ancient Abbysinia) as Makeda or Maqueda, modern scholars believe she came from the Kingdom of Axum in Ethiopia,

Herbert Rudeen, The Queen of Sheba  1 Kings 10:1-2 And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas, and she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart. (YLT) The Queen Of Sheba, Ellen G White, Queen Of Sheba, Burnt Offerings, The Bible Movie, Ancient Queen, King Solomon, A Soldier, Dope Art

Herbert Rudeen, The Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1-2 And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas, and she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart. (YLT)

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