First name Sheba in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Sheba is the name of the son of Raamah (GEN 10:7), as well as name of son of Joktan (GEN 10:28), son of Jokshan (GEN 25:3), a worthless fellow, son of Bichri (2SA 20:1), and ??? (1CH 5:13), Gadite (1CH 5:11). Meaning of the name: captivity; old man; repose; oath. Related names are: Bichri, Solomon, Dedan . The translations of Sheba in 78 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Saba in Spanish to シバ王 in Japanese!
Wear it!And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (GEN 10:7)
And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, (GEN 10:28)
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. (GEN 25:3)
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, (JOS 19:2)
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. (2SA 20:1)
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. (2SA 20:2)
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. (2SA 20:6)
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. (2SA 20:7)
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. (2SA 20:10)
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. (2SA 20:13)
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. (2SA 20:21)
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. (2SA 20:22)
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. (1KI 10:1)
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, (1KI 10:4)
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. (1KI 10:10)
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. (1KI 10:13)
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (1CH 1:9)
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, (1CH 1:22)
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. (1CH 1:32)
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. (1CH 5:13)
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. (2CH 9:1)
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, (2CH 9:3)
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. (2CH 9:9)
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. (2CH 9:12)
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. (JOB 6:19)
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. (PSA 72:10)
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. (PSA 72:15)
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. (ISA 60:6)
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. (JER 6:20)
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. (EZE 27:22)