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Happy are your wives, happy these courtiers of yours who wait on every day and hear your wisdom! Blessed be the Lord your God who has delighted in you has set you on the throne of Israel because he loves Israel for ever, he has made you their king to maintain law and justice.' Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. Indeed I was not told half of it your wisdom and your prosperity go far beyond the report which I had of them. Then she said to the king, 'The report which I heard in my own country about you and your wisdom was true, but I did not believe it until I came and saw for myself. When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built, the food on his table, the courtiers sitting round him, and his attendants standing behind in their livery, his cupbearers, and the whole-offerings which he used to offer in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit left in her. When she came to Solomon, she told him everything she had in her mind, and Solomon answered all her questions not one of them was too abstruse for the king to answer. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large retinue, camels laden with spices, gold in great quantity, and precious stones. The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame and came to test him with hard questions. Whilst it cannot be proved that the Queen of Sheba had a son with King Solomon, but there is evidence of the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem, in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, the First Book of Kings, chapter 10, verses 1 - 10 says: Nevertheless the beauty of Queen Sheba attracted King Solomon and the relationship between King Solomon and Queen Sheba was consummated, resulting in the birth of a son named Ibn-al-Malik (known as Menelik), the founder of Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty. He accused her of having broken her oath not to take anything from his house. At this point Solomon heard noises, woke up and found her drinking the water. As she was thirsty, Queen Sheba woke up at the middle of the night and found the water, which she drank. Before King Solomon slept, he placed a bowl of water near Queen Sheba's chamber. King Solomon went to bed one night on one side of the chamber and Queen Sheba went to bed at the other side of the chamber. When the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon in Jerusalem she gave him many gifts and she asked him many questions, which he was able to answer.Īccording to the legend of the Ethiopian history, while she was with him King Solomon made Queen Sheba promise not to take anything from his house.
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The Queen of Sheba decided to visit and see for herself King Solomon's wisdom, how he worshiped God and his many skills. According to Ethiopian traditional history the Queen of Sheba learned about the wisdom of King Solomon from a merchant called Tamrin, how he worshiped God and his skills building a great Temple in Jerusalem. Many Ethiopians believe that the relationship between Sheba and Solomon resulted to a son who founded the Solomonic Dynasty in Aksum. The Stelae are royal tombs or memorials.Ī large part of the history of Ethiopia is centred on the legend of the Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia and King Solomon of Israel. Today, Aksum abounds in archaeological remains and great granite stone curved obelisks known as Stelae. Greek traders knew Aksum as centre of an empire, which had trade links with India, Arabia, Rome, Egypt, Persia and Greece. The Axumites were renowned for their fine architecture, crafts and skills, in particular as masons and metal workers, which they retain to this day. The towering ruins of Yeha's Temple are in such good condition today that they have become one of the tourist attractions of historical significance.Īfter Yeha had fallen, the town of Aksum was established in 500 BC, which became the ancient city of Ethiopian civilisation and a powerful kingdom. Yeha, the country's pre-Aksumite foundation of Ethiopian civilisation, is situated between Aksum and Adwa in the province of Tigray. A good example of this is the former settlement of Yeha which is believed to have been built around 800 BC. Ethiopia's historic journey is long and many ruins can be seen in the country.