1 Kings 8:41

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; [Solomon takes it for granted that such will come, and not without good reason, for the house was "exceeding magnifical" and destined to be "of fame and glory throughout all countries" ( 1 Chronicles 22:5 ). And we can hardly doubt that in the visit of the Queen of Sheba we are to see one fulfilment of this anticipation. (Note the expression of 1 Kings 10:1 "concerning the name of the Lord .") One who blessed God, as she did ( 1 Kings 8:9 ), would certainly pray towards the house. In the time of the second temple there were several instances of strangers ( e . g ; Alexander the Great, Ptolemy Philadelphus, and Seleucus; see Keil in loc .) worshipping the God of Jacob in Jerusalem.