Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

SHEBA

(Heb. šĕḇāʾ, šĕḇāʿ)

(PLACE)

1. One of the towns listed in Josh. 19:2-6 defining a portion of land transferred from the tribe of Judah to the tribe of Simeon. Sheba, often equated with the Shema of Josh. 15:26, is omitted from a parallel list in 1 Chr. 4:28. Since the towns are numbered at 13 in v. 6, many scholars regard the Sheba of Josh. 19:2 as a dittography for Beer-sheba, which precedes it in the list. Two accounts in Genesis support this association. When Abraham sealed a treaty and settled a dispute over a well with Abimelech, the location of this transaction was identified as Beer-sheba (Gen. 21:31). Isaac also sealed a treaty with Abimelech at Beer-sheba, followed by the completion of a well which he named Shibah (Gen. 26:33). These wells of Abraham and Isaac may be the deep wells of present-day Bir es-Seba.

2. A country in southwest Arabia noted for its international trade during the reign of Solomon. The queen of Sheba visited Solomon in order to investigate the report of his wisdom and achievements.

See Saba, Sabeans.

Eric Holleyman

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

SHEBA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)