The appearance of this queen is suddenly over, and we do not meet her again in the Old Testament. She admires everything, but then goes home to her own country without joining herself to the God of Israel. Apparently she recognizes the Lord as Israel’s national God but does not have the intention of walking away from her own gods. She does not say what Ruth says: Your God is my God
(Ruth 1:16).
However, it is not the idea of this historic documentation to jot down the life and religious convictions of a foreign queen. She is just stepping into the limelight to the greater honour and glory of Solomon, and particularly the God of Solomon. But as beautiful and glowing as Solomon is being portrayed, so bad is the later downfall of this king (1 Kings 11:1–43).
13 Le roi Salomon donna à la reine de Séba tout ce qu'elle désira, ce qu'elle demanda, et lui fit en outre des présents dignes d'un roi tel que Salomon. Puis elle s'en retourna et alla dans son pays, elle et ses serviteurs.