Who was the queen of sheba??

Question

my hubby refered to a friends mum as being like her - he says a beautiful woman yada yada - i however am sure i remember her being a w***e??/ More lovers than the queen of sheba type thing??

Please help me kick hiss a,ss x

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure she was the Queen of Ethiopia. A very wise and seductive woman that seduced Solomon. He gave her a riddle which she solved and then gave him one he couldn't. She came to visit soloman bearing great gifts of gold. And had a son by him too I believe.

So being called "The Queen of Sheba" isn't a compliment at all.

Answer 2

thiopian Christians tell this story about Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Their version holds tha tthe Queen of Sheba was an Ethiopian sovereign named Makeda (Magda) and that she returned from her celebrated journey to the court of Solomon in Jerusalem bearing the king's son, David, who became the first king of Ethioipia, ruling as Menelik I. Makeda's tale is told in an ancient Ethiopian book, the Kebra Negast, or  Glory of Kings, from which this is taken.

"Let my voice be heard by all of you, my people. I am going in quest of Wisdom and Learning. My spirit impels me to go and find them out where they are to be had, for I am smitten with _the love of Wisdom and I feel myself drawn as though by a leash toward Learning. Learning is _better than treasures of silver and gold, better than all that has been created upon earth. _And afterward what can be compared to Learning here below?..."

Thereupon the Queen set out with much state and majesty and gladness, for the will of the Lord, she wished in her heart to make this journey to Jerusalem, to rejoice in the Wisdom of Solomon. They had loaded seven hundred and ninety boats, and mules without number. And the _Queen set forth, her trust in God...

After Queen Magda had remained six months in Jerusalem, she desired to return to her own _country.

__ She sent unto Solomon messengers who said to him as follows: "My wish would be to stay with you; but because of those I have brought with me, I must return into my kingdom. God will grant that all I have learned from you may bear fruit in my soul and in the soul of those of my people who, like me, have heard you."

When the King received this message, he meditated in his heart, and he thought: "This _woman full of beauty has come to me from the uttermost parts of the earth. Who knows if it _be not the will of God that I should have seed of her?"

_ And so he sent unto the Queen this response: "Since you have done as much as to come hither, will you leave without seeing the glory of my kingdom, the workings of my government, without admiring how my soldiers maneuver, and how I honor the dignitaries of my kingdom? I _treat them like saints in Paradise. In each of these things you will find much Wisdom. So I _beg of you that you will come and be present at these spectacles. You shall remain behind me, hidden by a curtain. I will show you the things which I tell you of now. You shall _become acquainted with all the customs of my kingdom and this Learning which has pleased you _shall remain with you until the end of your days."

_ Magda sent another messenger who brought back this response: "I was ignorant, and through _you I have learned Wisdom...That which you now ask of me is only so that my knowledge and my honor may increase. I will come as you desire."

_ Then was King Solomon satisfied. He bade his dignitaries array themselves in fine apparel. He made his table twice as large as it was. He ordered that the banquet hall and _all the palace be got ready in splendor.

_ The supper of the King was as formal as the Law of the Kingdom. The Queen entered after _the King, she was seated behind him with much honor and pomp. She witnessed all that was _going on during the repast. She was amazed at what she saw and at what she heard, and in her _heart she gave thanks to the God of Israel.

_ Solomon had raised for her a throne covered with silken carpet bound with fringes of gold, _of silver, of pearls, and of brilliants. He had had his servants scatter about the palace _all sorts of perfumes...When one entered one was satisfied without eating, because of these perfumes.

Now Solomon caused them to serve unto Magda a repast prepared expressly for her so that she might become very thirsty...She partook of this repast and when Solomon had presided over the banquet until the guests, the stewards, the councilors, the reat chiefs, the servitors had been seven times renewed, and had departed, the King rose.

_ He went in unto the Queen and finding her alone he said: "I beg you to rest here until _tomorrow, out of love for me."

She answered: "Swear to me by your God, by the God of Israel, that you will not use of _your strength against me? If in any way whatever I transgress from the law of my country, I _shall be plunged into sorrow, into sickness and suffering..."

_ Solomon answered: "I swear to you that my force shall make no attack upon your honor. But _now you in turn must swear that you will touch nothing within this palace."...

She answered: "Then swear that you will not lay hold with violence upon my honor, and I _will promise with all my heart to touch nothing of what belongs to you."

He swore, and he made her swear.

Then he got upon his bed which was made ready in the next room to this one. And she remained where she was.

_ Immediately he gave orders to the servants in attendance to wash a vase and to fill it _with very pure water, and to put it where it might be seen in the room of the Queen.

_ Then the man was to close the doors and the outside windows. The servant did as Solomon had _ordered him in a language which the Queen did not understand.

_ Solomon did not go to sleep but he feigned unconsciousness. As for the Queen, she dozed a _little, then she roused herself, got up, and found that her mouth was dry, for the King had with malice given her food which creates a thirst. She was tormented by this thirst. She _tried to bring saliva to her lips to moisten them. But she found none. Then she wished to drink the water she had seen before she had fallen asleep. She looked toward Solomon, and _she could see him...

_ The King pretended to sleep heavily but he was awake and he was watching until the Queen _should rouse herself to drink the water.

She got down from her bed, she walked stealthily, she lifted with her hands the vase of _pure water. But before she could drink he had seized her by the arm.

He said: "Why have you broken your vow? You promised that you would touch nothing in my palace."

_ She was trembling, she answered: "Is it breaking my vow to drink a little water?"

"And what more precious treasure than water have you known under the sun?"

She said: "I have sinned against myself. But you, you will be faithful to your vow and _you will permit me to drink?"

He asked: "Do you free me of the oath which I have given?"

_ She said: "Be free of it but let me drink..."

He let fall her arm, she drank. And after she had drunk he did as he would with her, and they slept together.

Now as the King was sleeping he had a vision. He saw a dazzling sun which came down from the heavens and shed its rays upon Israel. This brilliancy endured a certain length of time, _then the sun moved away. It stopped in its course over Ethiopia and it seemed that it was _shining there for centuries. The King waited for the return of this star to Israel, but it _did not come back. And again he saw a second sun which came down from the heavens and which shone upon Judaea. It was brighter than the sun which had preceded it, but the Israelites blasphemed it because of its ardor. They raised against it their hands with sticks and with swords. They wished to extinguish it, so that the earth trembled and clouds darkened the world. Those of Israel thought that this star would not rise a second time. They had put _out its light. They had buried it. But in spite of their watchfulness the buried sun rose up again. It lighted the world. Its light illuminated the sea, the two rivers of Ethiopia, _and the Empire of Rome. Further than ever it withdrew from Israel and it mounted upon its _former throne.

While this vision was descending upon King Solomon in his sleep, his soul was troubled and _his mind worked like lightning. He awoke trembling. Then he admired the courage, the force, the beauty, the innocence and the virginity of the Queen, for she had governed her country _since her earliest youth and during this delightful time she had kept her body in purity.

_ Then Queen Magda said to King Solomon: "Send me back to my country."

_ He went within his palace, he opened his treasure, he gave splendid presents for Ethiopia and important riches, dazzling raiment, and everything that is good. Then he got ready the _caravan of the Queen: chariots, animals. The chariots numbered six thousand. They were laden with precious things. Some of them rolled upon the ground, others moved by the aid of the wind. The King had built them according to the learning which God had given him.

_ The Queen went away satisfied. She departed, and set out upon her way. Now Solomon _accompanied her with much pomp and majesty.

_ When they had gone a certain distance he wished to speak alone with Queen Magda. He took from his finger a ring. He gave it to her and said: "Take this ring and keep it as a token _of my love. If thou shouldst ever bear a child this ring will be the sign of recognition. If it should be a son send him to me. And in any case may the peace of God be with thee. While _I was sleeping by thy side I had a vision. The sun which before my eyes was shining upon Israel, moved away. It went and soared above Ethiopia. It remained there. Who know but that thy country may be blessed because of thee? Above all keep the truth which I have brought thee. Worship God...May thy journey be a safe one."



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I use to be called that when some one thought i was a *****.