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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Jesus continues to rebuke the scribes and Pharisees.
 
 # Queen of the South
 
-This refers to the Queen of Sheba. Sheba is a land south of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
+This refers to the Queen of Sheba. Sheba was a land south of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
 
 # will rise up at the judgment