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Place · Region

Sheba

Named in 17 verses across 8 books, first in Joshua 19:2.

Where

Coordinates

9.0227° N, 38.7468° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

Too far off biblical atlas info. Possibly Ma'rib in Yemen.

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Solomon8 shared verses
Queen of Sheba8 shared verses
God2 shared verses
Midian1 shared verse
Ephahdaughter of Midian1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Joshua

Joshua 19:2
and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

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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).

In the Bible

Joshua

Dictionary

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