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Sheba

Name means “captivity; old man; repose; oath”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Sheba, captivity; old man; repose; oath”
First named: Genesis 10:7
Nation Egypt United Monarchy
Disputed identification: Most often placed in southern Arabia (modern Yemen), though an East African location has also been proposed.
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Named in Scripture, but with no story of its own here — kept for the connections graph.

References: Genesis 10:7

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