Sheba

Shee´buh

1 A town included in Simeon’s inheritance, along with Beer-sheba and Moladah (Josh 19:2). 2 A Benjaminite, the son of Bichri, who led a revolt against David after Absalom’s rebellion was put down. Hoping to seize northern Israel, he was pursued by Joab and his army and was decapitated at the instigation of a “wise woman” of the town of Abel-beth-maacah (2Sam 20). 3 A man of the tribe of Gad (1Chr 5:13). 4 The Hebrew spelling of Saba, the South Arabic name of an area of great wealth (Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Ezek 27:22-25).