The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. The fame of King Solomon's magnificence and wisdom was carried to distant lands. Princes came from afar to listen to his sayings and to see the grandeur of his court. His great ivory throne; overlaid with pure gold; figured largely in Oriental tradition. Of all his visitors the Queen of Sheba (the Sabaeans; a people of South Arabia) made the deepest impression. She came in high state to test the reports of his glory; and departed confessing that of his acts and wisdom the half had not been told her. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson; c.1920).