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1 Kings 10:1-3
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 10:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 10
The Queen of Sheba’s Visit.[a] 1 When the Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s reputation, she came to test him with difficult questions.[b] 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very large caravan, with camels carrying spices and large quantities of gold and precious stones. When she arrived upon her visit to Solomon, she told him everything that was on her mind. 3 Solomon answered all of her questions. There were no hidden things that Solomon could not tell her.
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- 1 Kings 10:1 Solomon’s reputation drew foreign rulers. The prophet Isaiah (60:6) will use the memory of the visit of the Queen of Sheba (Arabia) to exalt Jerusalem as spiritual capital of all peoples in Messianic times; it is due to Isaiah that the queen plays a part in our Epiphany liturgy. Our Lord will also recall her in his comparison of himself and Solomon (Mt 12:42).
- 1 Kings 10:1 The kingdom of Sheba was located in the southeastern part of the Arabian peninsula (this explains our Lord’s reference to the “queen of the south” in Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31); in fact, however, the visitor was probably the queen of a Sheban colony in northern Arabia.
