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SHEBA (Person)

1. Son of Raamah, the brother of Dedan and a descendant of Noah through Ham’s line (Gn 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9).

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:7

OET-RV GEN 10:7

7 Kush’s sons were Seva, Havilah, Savtah, Raemah, and Savteka. Then Raemah’s sons were Sheva and Dedan.

OET-LV GEN 10:7

7 And_the _sons of _Kūsh/(Cush) were_Şəⱱāʼ and_Ḩₐvīlāh and_Şaⱱtāʼh and_Raˊmāh and_Şaⱱtəkāʼ and_the _sons of _Raˊmāh were_Shəⱱāʼ and_Dədān.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:9

OET-RV CH1 1:9

9 Kush’s sons were Seva, Havilah, Savta, Raemah, and Savteka. Raemah’s sons were Sheva and Dedan.

OET-LV CH1 1:9

9 And_the _sons of _Kūsh/(Cush) were_Şəⱱāʼ and_Ḩₐvīlāh and_Şaⱱtāʼ and_Raˊmāh and_Şaⱱtəkāʼ and_the _sons of _Raˊmāh were_Shəⱱāʼ and_Dədān.

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2. One of the 13 sons of Joktan and a descendant of Noah through Shem’s line (Gn 10:28; 1 Chr 1:22).

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:28

OET-RV GEN 10:28

28 Oval, Avimael, Sheva,

OET-LV GEN 10:28

28 And_DOM Obal and_DOM ʼAⱱīmā^ʼēl and_DOM Shəⱱāʼ.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:22

OET-RV CH1 1:22

22 Eyval, Avimael, Sheva,

OET-LV CH1 1:22

22 And_DOM ˊĒyⱱāl and_DOM ʼAⱱīmā^ʼēl and_DOM Shəⱱāʼ.

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3. Son of Jokshan, the brother of Dedan and the grandson of Abraham and Keturah (Gn 25:3; 1 Chr 1:32).

Show passage in OET: GEN 25:3

OET-RV GEN 25:3

3 Yakeshan fathered Sheva and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurim, the Letushim, and the Le’umim.

OET-LV GEN 25:3

3 And_Yoqshān he _fathered DOM Shəⱱāʼ and_DOM Dədān and_the _sons of _Dədān they _were ʼAshshūrites and_Letushites and_Leummites.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:32

OET-RV CH1 1:32

32 The sons of Avraham’s slave-wife Keturah were Zimran, Yakeshan, Medan, Midyan, Yishbak, and Shuah. Yakeshan’s sons were Sheva and Dedan.

OET-LV CH1 1:32

32 And_the _sons of _Qəţūrāh the _concubine _of ʼAⱱrāhām she _bore DOM Zimrān and_Yoqshān/(Jokshan) and_Mədān and_Midyān and_Yishbāq/(Ishbak) and_Shuah and_the _sons of _Yoqshān were_Shəⱱāʼ and_Dədān.

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4. Benjaminite and the son of Bicri. After the death of Absalom, Sheba incited Israel to rebel against David. Under the command of Joab, the revolt was subdued and Sheba was beheaded at Abel-beth-maacah (2 Sm 20:1-22).

5. One of the Gadite leaders ruling in Bashan, registered during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah (750–732 BC) and Jeroboam II king of Israel (793–753 BC); see 1 Chr 5:13, 16-17 OET CH1 5:13 · OET CH1 5:16–17.

Show passage in OET: CH1 5:13; CH1 5:16–17

OET-RV CH1 5:13

13 Their cousins who were leaders of seven clans were Mika’el (Michael), Meshulam, Sheva, Yoray, Ya’akan, Ziea, and Ever.

OET-RV CH1 5:16

16 Those descendants of Gad lived in towns in the Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland throughout the Sharon Plain.

OET-RV CH1 5:17

17 All of them were listed in the genealogies in the days of Yehudah’s (Judah) King Yotam (Jotham) and Yisrael’s (Israel) King Yarov’am (Jeroboam).

OET-LV CH1 5:13

13 And_relatives _of_their to_the _house _of their _ancestors _of_their were_Mīkā^ʼēl and_Məshullām and_Sheⱱaˊ and_Yōray/(Jorai) and_Jakan and_Zīˊa and_ˊĒⱱēr seven.

OET-LV CH1 5:16

16 And_they _lived in_Gilˊād in_Bāshān and_in_daughters _of_its and_on/over_all the _pasture _lands _of Shārōn on extremities _of_their.

OET-LV CH1 5:17

17 Of _them _of_all they _had _themselves _enrolled in_the _days _of Yōtām/(Jotham) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_in_the _days _of Yāroⱱˊām/(Jeroboam) the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

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