Verse 4
4. Tirzah ( Delightful) was the capital of Israel until Omri built Samaria. Its site was charming, and the town probably worthy of its name.
Comely as Jerusalem “The perfection of beauty,” “built as a city compact together,” or at harmony with itself now adorned with the temple and the various works of the royal builder must have been the most imposing of all cities known to the people of the land. Terrible, etc. The beauty of woman has more than once been compared to the power of an army. The fascinations of Cleopatra dazzled and subdued Caesar the foremost man of all his time, and afterward the grim and unscrupulous Antony. So Alexander refused to see the daughters of Darius, lest, alter conquering men, he should be conquered by women.
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