Psalms 72:10

Let the kings … bring presents, or, as R.V. marg., render tribute, the word implying that they are rendering what is dueto him. Tarshishwas the wealthy Phoenician colony of Tartessus in southern Spain: the islesor rather the coastlandsare those of the Mediterranean generally. Shebawas south-eastern Arabia (Arabia Felix), famous for its wealth and commerce; hence P.B.V., following LXX and Vulg., gives Arabia: Seba, mentioned in Genesis 10:7 among Cushite peoples and coupled with Egypt and Ethiopia in Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 45:14, is generally supposed to be the kingdom of Meroe in Ethiopia, but may denote a Cushite state on the Arabian Gulf. The most remote and the most wealthy nations unite in honouring the righteous king.