Song of Solomon 1:12

12. While the king sitteth In spite of these rich offers, as soon as the King has gone within to his table, the Enamoured breaks forth in tender utterances of longing for her Beloved, calling him by titles expressive of many charms. Nard is a perfume yielded by a plant of India, usually procured by way of Arabia, but possibly by Solomon’s fleets, Ophir being India. It was costly. Judas computed that that with which the woman anointed the Saviour’s head at Bethany was worth nearly $50. The Beloved, whose remembrance is so sweet, is called by this lively metaphor.