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May he have dominion
"May the king have dominion"
from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth
Both of these expressions are merisms and refer to the whole earth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism)
from sea to sea
from the Dead Sea and the Sea of Kinnereth in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
the River
"the Euphrates River," which the Israelites would travel to on land by going north
the ends of the earth
as far as people could travel on land by different routes to the south. The Israelites spoke of the earth as if it were a flat surface with ends. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)