Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The scene changes from Jerusalem to the birthplace of the bride, where she is seen coming up toward her mother' s house, leaning on the arm of the great king her beloved.
Who is this - Compare and contrast with Song of Songs 3:6. In the former scene all was splendor and exaltation, but here condescension, humility, and loving charm.
I raised thee up ... - Beneath this apple-tree I wakened thee. The king calls the bride' s attention to a fruit-tree, which they pass, the trysting-spot of earliest vows in this her home and birthplace. The Masoretic pointing of the Hebrew text (the most ancient traditional interpretation) assigns these words to the bride, but the majority of Christian fathers to the king. The whole passage gains in clearness and dramatic expression by the latter arrangement.
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