There are only four queens mentioned in the New Testament:
1.) Bernice - who with her brother Agrippa II heard Paul in the judgement hall in Caesarea.
2.) Candace - (Acts 8:27), a term applied to ruling queens of Meroe, capital of the country that later became the kingdom of Ethiopia, at the junction of the Nile and Atbara. Candace was a hereditary appellation used in the same manner as was the term "Pharaoh" applying to the older Egyptian kings.
This Candace of Acts ruled in Ethiopia in the time of Paul and the evangelist Philip. She is mentioned because the eunuch who had charge of her treasury and went from Meroe to Jerusalem to worship declared that he believed Jesus Christ was the son of God.
Candace's eunuch was baptized by Philip and took back Christ's message to Ethiopia. It is probable that Candace was the first in high circles in Ethiopia to hear the triumphant message of Jesus Christ.
3.) Drusilla - a wife of Felix, Roman procurator at Caesarea when Paul appeared in the judgment hall there.
4.) The Queen in Revelation - in Revelation 18:7-10, a queen is mentioned. This refers to the wicked city of Babylon and her destruction.
2.) Candace - (Acts 8:27), a term applied to ruling queens of Meroe, capital of the country that later became the kingdom of Ethiopia, at the junction of the Nile and Atbara. Candace was a hereditary appellation used in the same manner as was the term "Pharaoh" applying to the older Egyptian kings.
This Candace of Acts ruled in Ethiopia in the time of Paul and the evangelist Philip. She is mentioned because the eunuch who had charge of her treasury and went from Meroe to Jerusalem to worship declared that he believed Jesus Christ was the son of God.
Candace's eunuch was baptized by Philip and took back Christ's message to Ethiopia. It is probable that Candace was the first in high circles in Ethiopia to hear the triumphant message of Jesus Christ.
3.) Drusilla - a wife of Felix, Roman procurator at Caesarea when Paul appeared in the judgment hall there.
4.) The Queen in Revelation - in Revelation 18:7-10, a queen is mentioned. This refers to the wicked city of Babylon and her destruction.
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