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the gods passage from the ethiopians a history by richard pankhurst written by tseday june 24 2012 at 3 31 pm posted in ethiopia tagged with ancient history ethiopia ethiopian airlines tourism the queen of sheba s visit to king solomon with 4 comments presented at the vancouver grand masonic day october 16 1999 by vw bro art scott victoria columbia lodge no 1 source http freemasonry bcy ca texts gmd1999 sheba html upon reading the title of this paper you may well wonder what on earth has the queen of sheba got to do with freemasonry as a matter of fact it was when i asked myself this very same question that i began to pursue the story of the queen of sheba and her visit to king solomon following the completion of his famous temple in jerusalem your next question well might be where in freemasonry is there any reference to the queen of sheba the answer in the board of installed masters the board of installed masters is a ceremony not a degree so i will plead not guilty of divulging any secrets when i tell you that during this ceremony the vosl is opened at i kings 10 after witnessing and participating in the board of installed masters and having listened to the aforementioned scripture read many many times i began to wonder what the relevance of this passage was to the ceremony of installation why did the queen of sheba come to visit solomon was she the only monarch who came what was so special about her visit that it is afforded such detail in the vosl and what is the masonic significance of i kings 10 let us begin by referring to i kings 10 1 and when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon concerning the name of the lord she came to prove him with hard questions 2 and she came to jerusalem with a very great train with camels that bare spices and very much gold and precious stones and when she was come to solomon she communed with him all that was in her heart 3 and solomon told her all her questions there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not 4 and when the queen of sheba had seen all solomon s wisdom and the house that he had built 5 and the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel and his cup bearers and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the lord there was no more spirit in her 6 and she said to the king it was a true report that i heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom 7 howbeit i believed not the words until i came and mine eyes have seen it and behold the half was not told me thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which i heard 8 happy are thy men happy are these thy servants which stand continually before thee and that hear thy wisdom 9 blessed be the lord thy god which delighted in thee to set thee on the throne of israel because the lord loved israel forever therefore made he thee king to do judgment and justice 10 and she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spices very great store and precious stones there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of sheba gave to king solomon 11 and the navy also of hiram that brought gold from ophir brought in from ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones 12 and the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the lord and for the king s house harps also and psalteries for singers there came no such almug trees nor were seen unto this day 13 and king solomon gave unto the queen of sheba all her desires whatsoever she asked beside that which solomon gave her of his royal bounty so she turned and went to her own country she and her servants who was the queen of sheba i don t want to spoil my story but before going any further i should tell you that no archaeological evidence has ever been unearthed or uncovered that suggests or supports that the queen of sheba ever visited king solomon there are however records of the ancient country of sheba which date from 715 bce sheba was sometimes called saba meaning host of heaven and peace and is thought to be what is now the country of yemen in the south west corner of arabia where the red sea meets the indian ocean the people who lived in sheba were called sabaeans the sabaeans have been described as a tall and commanding people both woolly haired and straight haired semitic in origin they are believed to have been descendants of the land of cush in the bible the sabaean people inhabited most of nw and sw arabia some 483 000 square miles of mountains valley and deserts some historians claim that ethiopia on the western end of the red sea was also part of sheba s territory the sebaeans conquered all of the other south arabian countries at the start of the christian era sheba was a wealthy country rich in gold and other precious stones as well as incense and exotic spices sought by neighboring kingdoms from ancient times perfumes and spices were popular commodities in the near east and the spice trade was a particularly active one from both the bible and other classical sources it appears that the valuable plants from which the coveted aromatic resins incense spices and medicinal potions were produced were grown mainly in the kingdoms of southern arabia from this area major land and sea trade routes branched out to all the great trading centers of the ancient world the sabaeans were both extensive traders and bandits and engaged in the slave trade sheba engaged in a lucrative caravan trade by 1000 bce camels frequently traveled the 1400 miles up the incense road and along the red sea to israel the spices of sheba were highly prized frankincense an offering to the gods was heaped on funeral pyres and given as an antidote for poison and as a cure for chest pains hemorrhoids and paralysis myrrh an ingredient in fragrant oils and cosmetics was used in preparing bodies for burial for healing ear eye and nose ailments and inducing menstruation other sabaean spices were saffron cummin aloes and galbanum the capital of sheba was the city of ma rib nearby was a great dam which may have been as high as 60 feet which provided enough water to make sheba an agricultural nation as well as a land of beautiful gardens it was a fertile oasis in the desert there is evidence that this dam burst and the devastation caused by the ensuing flood coupled with the loss of water for agriculture may have led to the demise of several sabaean cities which no longer exist today because of its isolation sheba was secure from military invasion for at least 500 years and was independent and at peace with its neighbors during the 11th and 10th century bc history reveals that at least five kings preceded the queen of sheba yet arabian documents portray all of arabia as matriarchal and ruled by queens for over 1000 years in ethiopia the kebra negast refers to a law established in sheba that only a woman could reign and that she must be a virgin queen rule by queens was not unusual in prehistoric times women played a large role in government especially in the near east where there is evidence of their prominence in economics the family and religion according to ethiopian legend the queen of sheba was born in 1020 bce in ophir and educated in ethiopia her mother was queen ismenie sheba was known to be beautiful intelligent understanding resourceful and adventurous a gracious queen she had a melodious voice and was an eloquent speaker excelling in public relations and international diplomacy she was a also competent ruler the historian josephus said of her she was inquisitive into philosophy and on that and on other accounts also was to be admired since sheba was a center of astronomical wisdom and the ruling monarch was the chief astronomer astrologer religious life involved worship of the sun and moon shams was the sun god the earliest known arabian temple was at ma rib the capital of sheba and was called mahram bilqus precincts of the queen of sheba in arab lore this queen was named bilqus or balkis in ethiopia makeda also magda maqda and makera meaning greatness or great one others say maqda is a short form of magadhi and that magadhi was a long gone tribal language in which there were sixty three different ways to say each word all that can be ascertained now is that it stands for the letter m that s what maqda means years later the historian josephus referred to her as nikaulis queen of ethiopia and egypt why did the queen of sheba come to visit king solomon we are told in the holy bible that when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon concerning the name of the lord she came to jerusalem with a very great train with camels that bare spices and very much gold and precious stones we are also told that she came to prove him with hard questions and we learn that when the queen of sheba had seen and tested solomon s wisdom and the house that he had built and the splendor of his court and the number of his servants and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the lord she was overwhelmed how did sheba learn of the wisdom of king solomon the leader of her trade caravans tamrin owned 73 ships and 787 camels mules and asses with which he journeyed as far as india having also traded with israel he brought gold ebony and sapphires to solomon for use by his 700 carpenters and 800 masons who were building the great temple of jerusalem tamrin told sheba about the temple and how solomon administered just judgement and how he spake with authority and how he decided rightly in all matters which he enquired into and how he returned soft and gracious answers and how there was nothing false about him each morning tamrin related to the queen about all the wisdom of solomon how he administered judgement and how he made feasts and how he taught wisdom and how he directed his servants and all his affairs and how no man defrauded another for in his wisdom he knew those who had done wrong and he chastised them and made them afraid and they did not repeat their evil deeds but they lived in a state of peace and the queen was struck dumb with wonder at the things that she heard and she thought in her heart that she would go to him when she pondered upon the long journey she thought that it was too far and too difficult to undertake but she became very wishful and most desirous to go that she might hear his wisdom and see his face and embrace him and petition his royalty sheba s desire to encounter solomon was ardent enough for her to embark on a 1400 mile journey across the desert sands of arabia along the coast of the red sea up into moab and over the jordan river to jerusalem such a journey required at least six months time round trip each way since camels could rarely travel more than 20 miles per day arabian camels were tall and hardy able to store water and fat for three weeks while living only on desert roughage wearing saddles of oak padded with colorful fabric and hung with gold chains and crescents to win the favor of the gods camels in a caravan were strung together by ropes made of goat hairs baby camels born along the way were carried on the back of the camel ahead to assure its mother of its wellbeing as sheba prepared for her journey her own devotion to wisdom fueled her anticipation solomon s commitment to building the temple reflected not only his love of magnificent architecture but also his piety over 3000 proverbs have been attributed to solomon as well as 1005 psalms the book of ecclesiastes and in the christian apocrypha the wisdom of solomon solomon s wisdom was not only political and theological he was also an expert on natural history a gardener he planted olive spice and nut trees as well as vineyards he admired and studied spiders locusts and harvesting ants according to the bible he could talk about plants from the cedar in lebanon to the hyssop growing on the wall and he could talk of animals and birds and reptiles and fish was it to see the temple it is understandable that any monarch might wish to view such a magnificent edifice the fame of which was spreading across the civilized world and according to legend she was indeed given a first hand tour of the temple while it was being constructed a gracious host solomon showed sheba his gardens of rare flowers ornamented with pools and fountains and the architectural splendors of his government buildings temple and palace she was awed by his work on the temple by his great lion throne and sandalwood staircase and by his enormous brass basin carried by the twelve brass bulls which symbolized the twelve months of the year was it to observe his government and the immensity of his court king solomon came to the throne of israel in 965 bce solomon had fleets of phoenician built ships on the mediterranean the red sea and the indian ocean solomon s empire was so vast that he found it necessary to divide his kingdom into twelve states to administer his royal cities solomon may have been the first to have a public service as we know it today it was the duty of each state to provide one month s supply not only of food but also of barley and straw for the horses and even horses themselves if necessary for the needs of the royal household this put quite a burden on the farmers and shepherd of the country and taxation was very high to give you an idea of how great this burden was consider the following the provisions needed in one day for solomon s court were 30 cors about 188 bushels or 240 gallons of flour 60 cors about 375 bushels or 480 gallons of meal 10 fat oxen 20 pasture fed cattle 100 sheep plus numerous harts gazelles roebucks and fattened fowl was it to observe or test his wisdom according to the bible the queen of sheba visited solomon at jerusalem to test him with hard questions not only did sheba ask solomon philosophical questions she also tested him with riddles since early biblical times it would seem that the posing of riddles was a standard exercise among people of power for example in the book of judges we read that samson engaged in riddles with his opponents judges 14 12 18 the questions she asked were probably riddles commonly used in arab polite conversations during the time of solomon s reign it became fashionable to set and solve riddles a kind of game which opens up wide horizons of knowledge and language riddles and riddle like anecdotes appear to have wandered from one town to another and from one country to another there was a passion for riddles at the courts of hiram king of tyre and of solomon king of israel it is not inconceivable that the queen of sheba also had a passion for riddles since she came to prove him with hard questions the targum sheni midrash mischle and midrash hachefez arabic books describe twenty two of her riddles the delight in seeing the point where the generality of a riddle coincides with a specific allusion is akin to the delight in the proverb which in turn raises an actual case in point into the 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