The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the Israelites resulting from their contact with the Phoenicians under David and Solomon; compare…

She bringeth her food from afar.—Looks for opportunities of buying cheaply at a distance from home, instead of paying a l…

She is like the merchant ships Not like a single one, but like a navy of them, that cross the seas, go to foreign parts, …

This is the description of a virtuous woman of those times, but the general outlines equally apply to every age and nation. She is very careful to …