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     * she gave.
     # 24; 1Ki 9:14; 10:10; Ps 72:10,15|
     * of spices.
     # 1; Ge 43:11; Ex 30:34|
     * Sheba.
       This queen is called Balkis by the Arabians, who say she came
       from the city of Sheba, also called Mareb, in Yemen or Arabia
       Felix; but the Ethiopians call her Maqueda, claim her as their
       sovereign, and say that her posterity reigned there for a long
       time.  Mr. Bruce has given us the history of her and her
       descendants from Abyssinian records; and Josephus says that
       Sheba was the ancient name of the city of Mero(892c) (south of
       Egypt, and sometimes comprehended in Ethiopia,) and that this
       princess came from thence.  Those who think the princess came
       from Arabia, rely chiefly on the fact that gold, silver,
       spices, and precious stones, which were the presents she made
       to Solomon, are the natural products of that country; and that
       it may well be placed at the uttermost part of the earth, as
       it borders on the southern ocean, and formerly they knew no
       land beyond it.