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Topic:
Persons Of The Bible -- Sheba
The name "Sheba" means "oath" in Hebrew. The name
also means "seven."
There are numerous persons with the name "Sheba" in the
scriptures.
- A person named "Sheba" was the son of Raamah (Gen.
10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian
Gulf.
- A person named "Sheba" was a son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28),
probably the founder of the Sabeans.
- A person named "Sheba" was a son of Jokshan, who was a
son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3).
- A person named "Sheba" was 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.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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