The king — My royal husband. Sitteth — With me in his ordinances. Spikenard — The graces of his spirit conferred upon me, here compared to those sweet ointments, which the master of the feast caused to be poured out upon the heads of the guests, Luke 7:38, in which ointments, spikenard was a chief ingredient. Sendeth — This denotes the exercise and manifestation of her graces, which is a sweet smelling savour in the nostrils of her husband, and of her companies.
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Song of Solomon 1:12
12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.