[439] Strabo, p. 778.
[440] "Hist. Nat." 12, 32; 6, 32 seq.
[441] The queen of Sheba, who brings such large gifts of gold and spices to Solomon, must in any case be regarded as the queen of the rich spice land, and with this account agree other passages in which Sheba is mentioned. To the Seba, who are mentioned in Psalm lxxii. 10, 15, as rich in gold along with the Sheba, and are described in Isaiah as people of great stature (xlv. 15; cf. xliii. 3), and are placed in Genesis x. 7 among the children of Cush, I cannot assign any place. Prideaux assumes that the two nations became amalgamated; "Trans. Bibl. Arch." 2, 2.
[442] Isaiah xxi. 13, 14, 17.
[443] Dümichen, "Die Flotte einer ægyptischen Königin."
[444] G. Smith, "Assyr. Discov." p. 286; Schrader, "Keilschriften und Alt. Test." s. 56, 143, 163.
[445] G. Smith, "Assurbanipal," pp. 264, 265, 275.
[446] Gen. xxv. 1-11; xxvi. 34; xxxvi. 11.
[447] Birch, "The Annals of Tutmes III.;" "Archæolog." vol. xlv.
[448] Papyrus Harris in Chabas, "Recherches sur la Dynastie 19," p. 59.