response of the nations will be. However, since the poet anticipates dominion from sea to sea, one may infer that the offer is accepted, with the result that “the king” will assume rule of the extent described in this verse. Some have suggested that this description mirrors the extent of the territory held by the united monarchy. The details are impressionistic. What, for example, are the two seas—the Mediterranean and what else? And the river—is it the Euphrates (probably) or the Nile?56 Since virtually