Sálmarnir 72:8

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8 Og hann skal ríkja frá hafi til hafs, frá Fljótinu til endimarka jarðar.

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He shall: Psalms 2:8, Psalms 80:11, Psalms 89:25, Psalms 89:36, Exodus 23:31, 1 Kings 4:21-24, Zechariah 9:10, Revelation 11:15

the ends: Psalms 22:27, Psalms 22:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:17 - thy seed Genesis 27:29 - Let people Genesis 49:10 - the gathering Numbers 24:17 - Sheth 2 Samuel 8:3 - at the river 2 Samuel 22:44 - head 1 Kings 1:37 - and make 1 Kings 2:12 - his kingdom 1 Kings 4:24 - all the kings 1 Chronicles 18:2 - brought gifts 2 Chronicles 9:26 - reigned over Ezra 4:20 - mighty kings Psalms 68:31 - Princes Psalms 86:9 - All Psalms 102:22 - General Psalms 132:18 - but upon Isaiah 2:2 - and all Isaiah 5:26 - end Isaiah 8:7 - strong Isaiah 9:7 - the increase Isaiah 24:16 - uttermost part Isaiah 25:3 - General Isaiah 27:12 - beat off Isaiah 42:4 - and the isles Isaiah 42:11 - Let the wilderness Isaiah 49:22 - Behold Isaiah 54:3 - thou shalt Jeremiah 16:19 - Gentiles Ezekiel 17:23 - under Ezekiel 37:22 - and one Micah 5:4 - shall he be great Zephaniah 2:11 - and men Zephaniah 3:10 - General Zechariah 2:11 - many Zechariah 14:9 - the Lord Acts 13:47 - that thou Romans 11:25 - until Romans 15:12 - and he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,.... The same is said of the Messiah in Zechariah 9:10; where he is manifestly spoken of as here, and regards the extent of his dominion; not over the land of Israel only, as some think; but over the Gentile world, through the preaching of the Gospel in the several parts of it; and especially as it will be in the latter day, when the kingdoms of this world will be his, and he will be King over all the earth; see Revelation 17:14; which cannot agree with Solomon, whose dominion reached only to the land of the Philistines, to the border of Egypt, 1 Kings 4:21; but Christ's dominion will be, as it follows,

and from the river unto the ends of the earth; which, as Kimchi owns, is clear, if applied to the Messiah, since his government shall be over all the world. The note of Aben Ezra on the text is worthy of regard.

"If this is said concerning Solomon, the meaning is, from the Red sea to the sea of the Philistines; and from the river, this is Euphrates; and the ends of the earth mean the wilderness; (see Exodus 23:31); and, lo, mention is made of the length and breadth of the land of Israel: and if of the Messiah, the sense is, from the south sea, which is called the Idumean sea, to the northern sea, which is the sea of the ocean; and from the river, the river that goes out of Eden at the beginning of the east, unto the ends of the earth, which is at the end of the west;''

though rather the sense is, from the Indian ocean, the great sea, unto the Mediterranean sea; and from the river Euphrates to the end of the world. This text is applied to the Messiah by many Jewish writers z, ancient and modern.

z Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Exod. fol. 49. 4. Bemidbar Rabba, s. 13. fol. 209. 4. Baal Hatturim in Num. fol. 178. 4. R. Nachman. Disput. cum fratre Paulo, p. 41.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea - There is probably an allusion here to the promise in Exodus 23:31 : “And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river.” This was the original promise in regard to the bounds of the promised land. A promise similar to this occurs also in Genesis 15:18 : “In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.” The meaning here is, that what was implied in these ancient promises would be carried out under the reign of the king referred to in the psalm. The “immediate” allusion, therefore, in the phrase “from sea to sea,” may have been from the Red Sea on the East to the Mediterranean on the West; but still the language is susceptible of a more enlarged application, and may mean from one sea to another; that is, embracing all the lands or countries lying between seas and oceans; or, in other words, that the dominion would be universal. Compare the notes at Psalms 2:8.

And from the river ... - The Euphrates. This was emphatically “the river” to the Hebrews - the great river - the greatest river known to them; and this river would be naturally understood as intended by the expression, unless there was something to limit it. Besides, this was expressly designated in the original covenant as the boundary of the promised land. See, as above, Genesis 15:18. The meaning here is, that, taking that river as one of the boundaries, or as a starting point, the dominion would extend from that to the utmost limits of the earth. It would have no other boundary but the limits of the world. The promise, therefore, is, that the dominion would be universal, or would pervade the earth; at once a kingdom of peace, and yet spreading itself all over the world. It is hardly necessary to say that this did not occur under Solomon, and that it could not have been expected that it would occur under him, and especially as it was expected that his reign would be one of peace and not of conquest. It would find its complete fulfillment only under the Messiah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 72:8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea — The best comment on this, as it refers to Solomon, may be found in 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 4:24: "And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms, from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt; for he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about him."

Solomon, it appears, reigned over all the provinces from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the frontiers of Egypt. The Euphrates was on the east of Solomon's dominions; the Philistines were westward, on the Mediterranean sea; and Egypt was on the south. Solomon had therefore, as tributaries, the kingdoms of Syria, Damascus, Moab, and Ammon, which lay between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean. Thus he appears to have possessed all the land which God covenanted with Abraham to give to his posterity.

Unto the ends of the earth. — Or land, must mean the tract of country along the Mediterranean sea, which was the boundary of the land on that side: but, as the words may refer to Christ, every thing may be taken in its utmost latitude and extent.