While the king sitteth at his table— While the king shall be in his tent, or pavilion, Houbigant. The New Translation has it, While the king sitteth in the circle of his friends; namely, at the nuptial banquet. The tables of the ancients were so framed that the guests formed a circle.
Related Commentaries of Song of Solomon 1:12
Song of Solomon 1:12
12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.