Queen of Sheba מַלְכָּה

Queen. The Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon, tested him with questions, and praised his wisdom and prosperity.

Open in the Family Tree

Also called Queen.

Where Queen of Sheba appears

1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (4), Matthew (1), Luke (1)

Key verses

• 1 Kings 10:1 first mention — 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 10:4 — And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
• 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
• 1 Kings 10:13 — And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
• 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
• 2 Chronicles 9:3 — And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
• 2 Chronicles 9:9 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
• 2 Chronicles 9:12 — And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
• Matthew 12:42 — The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
• Luke 11:31 — The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.