2. A plea for wide influence 72:8-14

72:8-11 It was not a sign of egotism that Solomon requested a universal dominion, as verses 12-14 make clear. The "river"is the Euphrates, the most significant river in terms of the land promises God gave to Abraham and his descendents. Tarshish probably refers to Tartessus in southwest Spain, Sheba to modern Yemen in southwestern Arabia, and Seba to upper (southern) Egypt, which is now the Sudan.

72:12-14 Solomon wanted a wide ranging kingdom so that he might establish justice and righteousness in the whole earth. Then multitudes of people would benefit in the ways he described in these verses.