Meaning of “Sheba”

1. Sheba — an oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans. (3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3). (4.) 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). (5.) Heb. shebha', "seven" or "an oak." A town of Simeon (Josh. 19:2). (6.) Heb. id. A "son of Bichri," of the family of Becher, the son of Benjamin, and thus of the stem from which Saul was descended (2 Sam. 20:1-22). When David was returning to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom, a strife arose between the ten tribes and the tribe of Judah, because the latter took the lead in bringing back the king. Sheba took advantage of this state of things, and raised the standard of revolt, proclaiming, "We have no part in David." With his followers he proceeded northward. David seeing it necessary to check this revolt, ordered Abishai to take the gibborim, "mighty men," and the body-guard and such troops as he could gather, and pursue Sheba. Joab joined the expedition, and having treacherously put Amasa to death, assumed the command of the army. Sheba took refuge in Abel-Bethmaachah, a fortified town some miles north of Lake Merom. While Joab was engaged in laying siege to this city, Sheba's head was, at the instigation of a "wise woman" who had held a parley with him from the city walls, thrown over the wall to the besiegers, and thus the revolt came to an end.

2. Bath-sheba — daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a (1 Chr. 3:5), was the daughter of Eliam (2 Sam. 11:3) or Ammiel (1 Chr. 3:5), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her (2 Sam. 11:4, 5; Ps. 51:1). The child born in adultery died (2 Sam. 12:15-19). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of Solomon (12:24; 1 Kings 1:11; 2:13). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne (1 Kings 1:11, 16-21).

3. Beersheba — well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:2; 1 Chr. 4:28). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles (Judg. 20:1; 1 Chr. 21:2; 2 Sam. 24:2), became the usual way of designating the whole Promised Land, and passed into a proverb. After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" (Neh. 11:30). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chr. 19:4). The name is not found in the New Testament. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es-Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.

4. Elisheba — God is her oath, the daughter of Amminadab and the wife of Aaron (Ex. 6:23).

5. Jehosheba — Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (2 Chr. 22:11).

6. Shebaniah — whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chr. 15:24). (2.) Another Levite (Neh. 9:4, 5). (3.) A priest (Neh. 10:12). (4.) A Levite (Neh. 10:4).

7. Shebarim — breaks; ruins, a place near Ai (Josh. 7:5; R.V. marg., "the quarries").

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Bible Search for “Sheba”

1. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 28 — And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

2. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 7 — And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

3. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

4. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 32 — Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

5. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

6. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

7. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 19 — So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

8. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 3 — And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

9. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 33 — And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

10. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 23 — And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

11. Genesis Chapter 28 Verse 10 — And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

12. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 5 — And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

13. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 1 — And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

14. Exodus Chapter 6 Verse 23 — And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

15. Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 3 — Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

16. Joshua Chapter 7 Verse 5 — And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

17. Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 28 — And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

18. Joshua Chapter 19 Verse 2 — And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

19. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

20. 1 Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 20 — And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

21. 1 Samuel Chapter 8 Verse 2 — Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

22. 2 Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 10 — To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

23. 2 Samuel Chapter 11 Verse 3 — And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

24. 2 Samuel Chapter 12 Verse 24 — And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

25. 2 Samuel Chapter 17 Verse 11 — Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

26. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 22 — 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.

27. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 21 — 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.

28. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 13 — When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

29. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 10 — 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.

30. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 7 — 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.

31. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 6 — 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.

32. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 2 — 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.

33. 2 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 1 — 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.

34. 2 Samuel Chapter 24 Verse 15 — So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

35. 2 Samuel Chapter 24 Verse 7 — And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.

36. 2 Samuel Chapter 24 Verse 2 — For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

37. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 31 — Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

38. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 28 — Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

39. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 16 — And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

40. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 15 — And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

41. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 11 — Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

42. 1 Kings Chapter 2 Verse 19 — Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

43. 1 Kings Chapter 2 Verse 18 — And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

44. 1 Kings Chapter 2 Verse 13 — And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

45. 1 Kings Chapter 4 Verse 25 — And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

46. 1 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 13 — 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.

47. 1 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 10 — 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.

48. 1 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 4 — And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

49. 1 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 1 — 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.

50. 1 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 3 — And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

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