Comentario citado sobre II Reyes 4:35

With the crown that a living man of great deeds,¹II Samuel, 23:20; I Chronicles, 11:22. has crowned you with this wondrous work.²This is a paraphrase of the following verse in the Song of Songs. “O maidens of Zion, go forth and gaze upon King Solomon wearing the crown that his mother gave him on his wedding day, on the day of bliss” [Song of Songs, 3:11]. He has gleaned among the sheaves behind the reapers³Ruth, 2:7. of grain, and collected after the gatherers, once up once down,⁴II Kings, 4:35. one here and one there in the Midrashim, in the aggadot, in the words of Rashi, Ramban, Rabbenu Bahya, Hizkuni, Zeror ha-Mor, Toldot Yitzhak, and the other commentaries in every Torah portion, all of their words that are closest to the plain meaning of the text and brought them into this work in the language of Ashkenaz. Since the usefulness of this work for men and women who will find tranquility for themselves,⁵Jeremiah, 6:16. a place of rest for their souls in order to understand the words of the living God,⁶Jeremiah, 23:36. exceeding in rank and exceeding in honor,⁷Genesis, 49:3. in the shameful language.