King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

The Jewish year 2948 (812 BCE), exactly 500 years after we left Egypt.

King Solomon, the son of King David, had just completed building both the first Temple (which took 7 years); and his own magnificant palace, (which took 13 years).

It was at this time, that the Queen of Sheba מלכּת שׁבא, paid King Solomon a visit. She had heard of the King's great wisdom; and according to Kings 1, 10(1) she came to test him with riddles בּחידת.

Most commentators discuss the content of the questions she asked the King, and how he answered all of them. She was overwhelmed by the answers, to all of her riddled questions.
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But there is a deeper, hidden secret in this episode.

For the 793 Gematria of Queen of Sheba, מלכּת שׁבא, is the same as חתם הספר, "Seal the Book." That is, until the Time of the End, according to Daniel 12(4).

There certainly was more, that she searched for. There was a question that she needed to know.

In Kings 1, 10(2) she came before Solomon, and she spoke about all that was in her heart. What was this question or riddle, that brought her from a distant nation? The answer, is hidden in the word for riddles itself.

This word, בּחידת, spoken by Hashem Himself in Numbers 12(8) is holy, because it's Gematria is 424, the same as משׁיח בּן דוד, Mashiach son of David.
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She believed, that this great man, King Solomon, the true son of David, who had just completed the building of the Temple, who was the smartest person in the history of the world; was the Moshiach.

He then answered her in Kings 1, 10(3), ויגד לה שׁלמה את כּל, "Solomon told her everything." What did he tell her? He told her that he couldn't be the Moshiach, because certain events had to occur first, before the final redemption.
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Look at the first letters of these 5 words.

They add up to 357. Now look at the last letters of these same 5 words. They add up to 444. This is the atbash of ככלות נפּץ יד עם קדשׁ, "When the crushing of the power of the holy people."

King Solomon explained to her that Moshiach cannot come: until an evil, arrogant leader, causes havoc to the Jewish People; and crushes the power they had attained, through the course of history.