Place · Region
Sheba
Named in 17 verses across 8 books, first in Job 6:19.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Job, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Job
- Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheba, in fact, was Saba in Southern Arabia, the Sabaeans of classical geography, who carried on the trade in spices with the other peoples of the ancient world. They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. Its queen brought him gold, spices, and precious stones (1 Kings 10:1-13). She is called by our Lord the “queen of the south” (Matt. 12:42).