Zabibe (also transliterated Zabibi, Zabiba,Avraham Negev, Shimon Gibson Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land · 2005 p 41 "Zabiba, Queen of Arabia, paid tribute to Tiglath - Pileser III . Sargon II recorded how he subdued the Arabs “ who live far away, ” exiling some to distant * Samaria and imposing on the others a tax of gold powder, precious stones" Zabibah; Zabibê) was a queen of Qedar. She was a vassal of Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria, and is mentioned in the Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III among a list of monarchs who paid tribute to the king in 738 BC.Eph'al (1982): 82.Trevor Bryce The World of The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms 2012 p27 "Zabibe, queen of the Arabs - This, the only reference we have to an Arabian queen called Zabibe, belongs within the context of agreements which both the Assyrians and the Babylonians made with Arabian nomads 'to maintain important trade ..." The title accorded her is queen of the Aribi (Arabs).Eph'al (1982): 83. Israel Eph'al argues that, until the time of Assurbanipal, the title "king or queen of the Arabs" in Assyrian manuscripts was a general one accorded to leaders of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Syrian desert. So, he infers that Zabibe would have been properly titled "queen of the Qidri" (Qedarites). Zabībah is an ancient Arabic name, likely derived from zabīb (arabic: زبيب), meaning "raisin".Eph'al (1982): 82, n247. She was succeeded by another queen, Samsi. She is described in Neo-Assyrian sources as the ruler of an Arab kingdom centred on the oasis city of Adummatu — present-day Dumat al-Jandal in northern Saudi Arabia — which served as the political and religious capital of the Qedarites during the 8th century BC.
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