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The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psalms 72:10 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
  • BSB May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
  • NKJV The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts.
  • NASB May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring gifts; May the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tributes.
  • NLT The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.

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Quick answer

Distant kings of Tarshish, the islands, Sheba, and Seba will bring tribute and gifts to the king.

Overview

Foreign rulers from the far reaches of the known world come bearing homage. Their gifts acknowledge the king's God-given supremacy. This foreshadows the nations honoring the Messiah, echoed in the magi who brought gifts to the infant Christ (Matthew 2:11; Isaiah 60:6).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Isa 60:6A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
  • Ps 68:29Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
  • Isa 49:7Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
  • Ps 45:12The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
  • 1 Kgs 10:1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.
  • 2 Chr 9:21For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  • Isa 60:9Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
  • Gen 10:7The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
  • Isa 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
  • 1 Kgs 10:10She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was there such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
  • Matt 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Isa 42:10Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
  • Isa 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • 1 Kgs 10:25Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.
  • Isa 43:6I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth —
  • Isa 42:4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 72:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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