Is Cleopatra mentioned in the bible?

What??!

I’d ask “which Cleopatra,” but I think the answer would still be “no.” The most-mentioned Egyptian would be (IIRC) the OT Pharaoh, but that was at least two different ones and they never mention him by name, only by title.

Also, a quick search for “Cleopatra” over at the Bible Gateway yields no results.

Thank you, I was just curious. I remembered Pharoh being mentioned, and wasn’t sure about her. But, what about Moses being found in the river? Curious isn’t it?

How does Moses being found in the river have to do with Cleopatra? And why is it “curious?”

The curious thing about the story of Moses being found in the river is how closely it parallels the older story of King Sargon.

No, but based on popular movies & stories I can see why one would think so. Here is some info about her that is quite interesting:

CLEOPATRA

kle-o-pa’-tra (Kleopatra, “from a famous father”): A daughter of Ptolemy VI (Philometor) and of Queen Cleopatra, who was married first to Alexander Balas 150 BC (1 Macc 10:58; Josephus, Ant, XIII, iv, 1) and was afterward taken from him by her father and given to Demetrius Nicator on the invasion of Syria by the latter (1 Macc 11:12; Josephus, Ant, XIII, iv, 7). Alexander was killed in battle against the joint forces of Ptolemy and Demetrius while Demetrius was in captivity in Parthia. Cleopatra married his brother Antiochus VII (Sidetes), who in the absence of Demetrius had gained possession of the Syrian throne (137 BC). She was probably privy (Appian, Syriac., 68) to the murder of Demetrius on his return to Syria 125 BC, but Josephus (Ant., XIII, ix, 3) gives a different account of his death. She afterward murdered Seleucus, her eldest son by Nicator, who on his father’s death had taken possession of the government without her consent. She attempted unsuccessfully to poison her second son by Nicator, Antiochus VIII (Grypus), for whom she had secured the succession, because he was unwilling to concede to her what she considered her due Share of power. She was herself poisoned (120 BC) by the draught which she had prepared for their son (Justin 39). She had also a son by Antiochus VII (Sidetes Antiochus Cyzicenus), who took his name from the place in which he was educated. He was killed in battle 95 BC. The name Cleopatra was borne by many Egyptian princesses, the first of whom was daughter of Antiochus III and was married to Ptolemy V (Epiphanes) 193 BC.
J. Hutchison

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. “Definition for ‘CLEOPATRA’”. “International Standard Bible Encyclopedia”. bible-history.com – ISBE; 1915.

Moses was found hundreds of years before Cleopatra and her Macedonian family ruled Egypt. She was alive near the end of the Old Testament era and by then, Egypt, Syria, Israel, and Judea were client states of Rome.

Also, one must consider that there are sacred books that are not considered “canon” by those who compiled the Bible, and those books might have mentioned any of the Cleopatras. I’ve never seen them, however, and I highly doubt that any do. The only powerful foreign female ruler I know of from the Bible is Jezebel.

Thank you bythebay and aprilsimnel, I really appreciate your informtion.

@aprilsimnel
I know this is a little nitpicky, but Jezebel was the queen of Israel. I mean, she was from Sidon, but you were speaking of leadership, so… Israel (I’m assuming that by “foreign” you meant “not-of-Israel”).

No fear. I remembered shortly thereafter. She married in, right?

Indeed. Ahab.

So Ptol′emy set out from Egypt, he and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolema′is in the one hundred and 62nd year. Alexander the king met him, and Ptol′emy gave him Cleopatra his daughter in marriage, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolema′is with great pomp, as kings do. — (1 Maccabees 10:57–58)