Sheba and Seba - Are they two names for one country?

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Battar Kurdi
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Sheba and Seba - Are they two names for one country?

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Sheba and Seba - Are they two names for one country?
The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.
(Psa 72:10 NIV)
If they both are same .. why? :scratch:
very thanks.
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Battar Kurdi wrote:Sheba and Seba - Are they two names for one country?
The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.
(Psa 72:10 NIV)
If they both are same .. why? :scratch:
very thanks.
seba was probably in Africa maybe in modern Ethiopia or Eritrea.
Sheba was in South Arabia.

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Thanks AC. :clap:
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I asked this question because now (sheba) was known as seba !
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