Song of Solomon 3:11

11. Go forth, etc. The call, apparently, of a fourth speaker.

Crowned Crowns in ancient times were not merely symbols of royalty, but were also expressive of joy and gladness. The Greeks and Romans wore them at banquets and carousals. The Jews formerly wore them at marriage feasts, as members of the Greek Church do still. Solomon arrayed in all his glory was a sight worthy of admiration even of those to whom he was no stranger. The term daughters of Zion, is clearly applied to the women of Jerusalem, but is more limited and noble than the phrase daughters of Jerusalem, to whom the Enamoured was lately speaking. It would be quite natural for the court ladies, when in the country, to be called “daughters of Jerusalem” by one who recognized them as having come from the city.

Zion was the royal abode.

The arrival of the royal train at Jerusalem causes the conversation of the following verses to take place in the king’s palace instead of the pavilion in the open country. As rehearsal characterized the first division of the Song, so this division is made up of direct and personal address, in which the Beloved gives his utmost from his heart in rapturous admiration, while the Enamoured, for the most part, listens in modest, but expressive, silence.