besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides – east, west, north, and south.
The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute.
Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.
all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert;
On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak:
Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.