LETTER TO MAKEDA
I have always been curious about religion and its correlation to history. The story of King Solomon and his relationship with the Queen of Sheba. I mean for a man that had 300 wives and 700 hundred concubines still got the attention of a ruler from a foreign land.
The nation that is now called Ethiopia, was then represented by a queen, who in some books is referred to as “Makeda. “She is better known in history as the Queen of Sheba.
Some books and legends portrayed the queen as an incredibly wise, young Black woman with long braids and a kind heart. She travels to meet King Solomon of Israel because she has heard of his great wisdom.
In the Old Testament Bible , she is portrayed as a an unnamed queen of the land of Sheba who heard of the great wisdom of King Solomon of Israel and journeyed there with gifts of spices, gold, precious stones, and beautiful wood and to test him with questions, as recorded in First Kings 10:1–13 (2 Chronicles 9:1–12).
According to Ethiopian history, Makeda fell in Love with Solomon. The kind of love they had is a bit unclear. Considering the Songs of Solomon in the Bible contains one of the most beautiful odes to love between a man and a woman ever written. Makeda’s name is never mentioned.
In another account, Solomon, having heard from one of his birds, (Solomon must have had a lord of Whisperers just like Lord Varys in the Game of thrones) that Makeda and her kingdom worshiped the Sun, sent a LETTER asking her to worship God. She replied by sending gifts, but, when Solomon proved unreceptive to them, she came to his court herself.
It is learnt that she left after about 6months of staying with Solomon. She had a child named Melinek for Solomon who eventually became the first emperor of Ethiopia…
Tell me guys, did you know the story of Sheba and Solomon? What did you know about it and what do you think about it?. Apparently the story is told in several different religious traditions. Maybe if you know another version, you can share. Who knows, we could update our filmmakers probably they can give us a pictorial analogy of this love story.