There was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. (Acts 8:27-28)
At the time of Acts, Ethiopia was like other nations in having its own gods. But some Ethiopians believed in the one true God, the Creator of all things. Queen Candace’s treasurer was one such believer. Somehow, he had learned of God’s special relationship with the nation of Israel. So, he visited Jerusalem, at that time Israel’s capital and God’s chosen center for worship. God welcomed such worshipers, as Solomon had recognized when he prayed at the dedication of the first temple.
Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house, hear from heaven Your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by Your name. (2 Chronicles 6:32-33)