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Queen Sheba travels to king Solomon

Published: Jul 11, 2016 by Admin Filed under: ABOUT ETHIOPIA Selected History - 508 Views

Queen Sheba travels to king Solomon

The Queen of Sheba (who ruled a large area, including Ethiopia and part of Yemen) after learning of the wisdom of king Solomon of ancient Israel, went to Jerusalem to meet him. She wanted to ask him questions and test him.

She took caravan of 700 camels and other beasts of burden loaded with 120 talents of gold, timber of rare trees, ivory, precious stones, spices and very great deal of Balsam oil as gifts for him.
1 talent =34.2 kilograms, current value approximately over 200 million US $ of gold.

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