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Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

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20 “Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.

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They carved your oars
    from the oaks of Bashan.
Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus[a]
    was inlaid with ivory.

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  1. 27:6 Hebrew Kittim.

13 Therefore, says the Sovereign Lord, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.

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Turn and flee!
    Hide in deep caves, you people of Dedan!
For when I bring disaster on Edom,[a]
    I will punish you, too!

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  1. 49:8 Hebrew Esau; also in 49:10.

23 I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places.[a]

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  1. 25:23 Or who clip the corners of their hair.

10 The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands
    will bring him tribute.
The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba
    will bring him gifts.

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19 The caravans from Tema search for this water;
    the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.

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Visit of the Queen of Sheba

10 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, which brought honor to the name of the Lord,[a] she came to test him with hard questions.

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  1. 10:1 Or which was due to the name of the Lord. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, the land of the Ashurites, and all the rest of Israel.

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