Matthew 6:29

Even Solomon in all his glory.

To the Jew the court of Solomon was the highest representation of human glory. The magnificence of the court is not only celebrated in Jewish writings but in all oriental literature, and it is still proverbial throughout the East. Yet he was never arrayed with the taste and beauty of one of these.

Many, because of the reference to the glory of Solomon, suppose the Huleh lily is specially meant. Thompson describes it as "very large, and the three inner petals meet above, and form. gorgeous canopy, such as art never approached and king never sat under, even in his utmost glory." The Huleh lily was common about Nazareth and grew in the vicinity of the Horns of Hattin, where the Savior is supposed to have spoken these words.