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Sunrise on Temple Mount in Jerusalem; Back to Previous Devotion

April 19 - Morning

"When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind. Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her."

- First Kings 10:1-3

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Queen of Sheba    

The Queen of Sheba came from the land on the western edge of Arabia along the coast of the Red Sea in what is the area of Yemen today. Assyrian texts record several kingdoms in this area during the 700-800’s BC. The people of Sheba were Sabeans who may have been descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Gen. 25:1-3) who Abraham sent to the East away from his son Isaac (Gen. 25:6). Between the days of Abraham and Solomon the Sabeans (who were identified as raiders in the east in northern Arabia in Job 1:15) moved from the area of northern Arabia to southwest Arabia to what became known as Sheba (map here), which is today known as Yemen. (map here ).

Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions show that there were several queens who ruled Sheba for the Sabean people and large tribal confederacies from 900-700 BC (details here). There is frequent mention of female rulers among the Arab people in Assyrian inscriptions and also queens who served their king as diplomats to foreign countries.

The Queen of Sheba’s interest in Solomon was likely sparked by Solomon’s operations at the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea. Solomon’s ships sailed south from Ezion Geber down the Red Sea and along the African and Arabian coast possibly reaching India. (1 Kings 9:26-28) Josephus writes:

“The king built many ships in the Egyptian Bay of the Red Sea, in a certain place called Ezion-Geber…This country formerly belonged to the Jews, and became useful for shipping from the donations of Hiram, the king of Tyre; for he sent a sufficient number of men thither for pilots, and such that were skilful in navigation; to whom Solomon gave this command; that they should go along with his own stewards to the land of old called Ophir, but now the Aurea Chersoneus which belongs to India, to fetch him gold. And when they had gathered four hundred talents together, they returned to the king again.” (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, book VIII, Ch.VI, section 4) (map)

The Queen of Sheba clearly came on a mission to open trade with Solomon and to inquire of him in order to gain insight into government policy, international trade practices, economic management principles and to find out further information concerning Solomon's God who the queen seems to already be familiar with. (More details here)

  Christian Quote from Church History

“I have been putting words like ‘abnormal’ and ‘deviant’ in quotes because those categorizations are under fire now, the boundary between normal and abnormal as questionable now as are all the other boundaries that once defined social reality.”
– Walter Truett Anderson

Something to Ponder??

Antinomianism – an unhealthy doctrine. It is the heretical belief that under the gospel dispensation of grace, the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone or knowledge alone is necessary for salvation. This false doctrine holds that your spiritual condition is not connected to or affected by your physical life or moral behavior.
Antinomianism comes from two Greek words: anti which means against and nomos which means law.

 
Hebrew and Greek Word Study   Facts and Information

Leb (Hb) – Heart (Eng) – leb is the Hebrew word for “heart” and “mind.” Leb refers to the inner man where the will, emotions and intellect of the man exists. (Deuteronomy 6:5; Proverbs 23:7; Joel 2:13. Leb can also be a direct reference to the physical organ, the heart, in 2 Samuel 18:14.

 

There are several dates provided by Jeremiah that can be cross referenced with the Babylonian’s account which are recorded according to the Babylonian calendar. These dates confirm the Hebrew calendar dates and together they can be used to identify the dates using our modern dating system.

     
Confession to Action   Facts and Information
Do I pray for the success and wisdom of governmental leaders and others who have an
indirect impact on the church and on my spiritual life?
I will pray for these leaders who impact our world, our society, our freedom and our prosperity.
  "The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found."

- Proverbs 19:7
     
Read the Bible in a Year; Bible Reading Program
Read one chapter each day to read through the narrative portion (or, the story line) of the whole Bible Genesis-Acts in one year. Read the General Text of the Bible Read the Complete Text of the Bible in a Year
Joshua 6 Second Samuel 14 First Samuel 28-29
 
Prayer for Today
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Children’s education

Joy

Military Generals

China, PRC
 
Photo of Jerusalem; Pictures of Israel Bible Map and Diagram

An ancient olive tree possibly 1,500-2,000 years old in the Garden of Gethsemane. The trees that would have been there during Jesus day in 30 AD would have been cut down by the Romans for fuel and siege ramps in 70 AD when the area was stripped of trees. (See more details here.)

An ancient olive tree possibly 1,500-2,000 years old in the Garden of Gethsemane. The trees that would have been there during Jesus day in 30 AD would have been cut down by the Romans for fuel and siege ramps in 68-70 AD when the area was stripped of trees.
(See more details here and here.)

 

Details of 2 Kings 9:27-29 on a map showing where Ahaziah died in Megiddo.
(click on image for larger size) Details of 2 Kings 9:27-29 on a map showing where Ahaziah died in Megiddo. (click on image for larger size)
   
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