I Kings 10: The Queen of Sheba

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Oct 19, 2026 · 2m

Knowledge of Shlomo’s wealth and wisdom spread throughout the known world according to chapter 10. The Queen of Sheba hears about Shlomo through the name of God and wants to visit him herself to test him with riddles. The origin of the Queen’s visit sounds similar to Yitro’s visit back in Exodus and Rahav in Joshua: “Jethro priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel, God’s people, how God had brought Israel out from Egypt” (וַיִּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ כֹהֵן מִדְיָן חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים לְמֹשֶׁה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּוֹ…