Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Go. All are invited to come to Christ, who, in his sacred humanity, which he took of his mother, was crowned in heaven, after his passion. Worthington. Saint Gregory Alcuin.—The synagogue crowned him with thorns, and gave him the hard bed of the cross. Saint Bernard S. Anselm, and so forth—Bethsabee might live to see the marriage of her son, who owed the crown to her. 3 Kennicott. 1:18. Proverbs 4:3. Both the parties were crowned, (Isaiah 61:10) and no doubt Solomon would display his usual magnificence. The diadem was a bandage, adorned with embroidery, and precious stones. Calmet.