All the areas in this list were in the desert called Arabia. The people who lived there were called Arabs. They were busy merchants. They used *camels to carry their goods over long distances.

• People in Israel usually obtained gold (see Isaiah 2:7) and *frankincense (see Isaiah 43:23) by trade. And Sheba was famous for its supplies of these things. But the Queen of Sheba gave gifts of gold and *frankincense to Solomon (1 Kings 10:10). And the *New Testament mentions gifts of gold and *frankincense in connection with the birth of Jesus the *Messiah (see Matthew 2:11). Also, see Matthew 12:42.

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