The Queen of Sheba (Hebrew מלכת שבא Malkat Shva, Arabic ملكة سبأ Malikat ʾ, Ge'ez: ንግሥተ ሳባ Nigista Saba), referred to in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur'an, and Ethiopian history, was the ruler of the ancient kingdom of Sheba. The actual location of the historical kingdom may have included both Ethiopia and Yemen. Known to the Ethiopian people as Makeda (Ge'ez: ማክዳ mākidā, which, in Ethiopic languages, means "pillow"), she has been called a variety of names by different peoples in different times. In Islamic tradition she was Bilqis. To King Solomon of Israel she was the Queen of Sheba. The Roman historian Josephus calls her Nicaula. She supposedly lived in the 10th century BC. According to the Hebrew Bible, the unnamed queen of the land of Sheba heard of the great wisdom of King Solomon of Israel and journeyed there with gifts of spices, gold, precious stones and beautiful wood to test him with questions, as recorded in First Kings 10:1-13 (largely copied in 2 Chronicles 9:1–12). The queen was awed by Solomon's great wisdom and wealth, and pronounced a blessing on Solomon's God. Solomon reciprocated with gifts and "everything she desired," whereupon the queen returned to her country. The queen was apparently quite rich herself, as she brought 4.5 tons of gold with her to give to Solomon (1 Kings 10:10). In the Biblical passages which refer explicitly to the Queen of Sheba there is no hint of love or sexual attraction between her and Solomon. The two are depicted merely as fellow monarchs engaged in the affairs of state. The Song of Solomon (Song of Songs) contains some references which have been at various times interpreted as referring to love between Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. However, the young woman of the Song of Songs continues to deny the romantic advances of her suitor, whom many commentators identify as King Solomon. In any case, other than the colour of her skin there is little to identify this speaker - who clearly regards "The Daughters of Jerusalem" as her peer group and is defensive about their teasing - with the rich and powerful foreign queen depicted in the Book of Kings. Later Ethiopian tradition firmly asserts that King Solomon did seduce and impregnate his guest, and provides a detailed story of how he went about it (see later section) - a matter of considerable importance to Ethiopians, as their Emperors traced their lineage to that union.