Some explain, on the garment where it covers the thigh to which the sword is bound. Compare Psalm xlv. Others, partly on the vesture, partly on the thigh itself, where, in an equestrian figure, the robe drops from the thigh. According to the former explanation kai and is to be taken as explanatory or definitive of the words on His vesture. Others again suppose a sword on the hilt of which the name is inscribed.
Expositors refer to the custom of engraving the artist's name on the thigh of a statue.
Rawlinson says that Assyrian figures are found with arrow-headed inscriptions engraved across them, and over the drapery as well as the body. See on ch. Rev., birds . Midst of heaven . See on ch.