Catholic Biblical Typology
Mary the queen mother
Revelations 12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Queen Mother | Mary | |
Queen is mother of the king (Jer 13:18) | e.g. Bathsheba is queen because mother of Solomon, king of Israel (1 Kg 1:30) | queen of heaven (Rev 12:1) because mother of  Jesus, the new Solomon, the King of kings (Rev 19:16) |
Enthroned / crowned | sat at the right of Solomon’s throne (1 Kg 2:19) | the woman in heaven with a crown (Rev 12:1) |
Honoured | Solomon bowed down before Bathsheba (1 Kg 2:19) | all generations call Mary blessed (Lk 1:48) |
Intercessor | Adonijah asked Bathsheba (1 Kg 2:13-19) knowing Solomon would not refuse her request (1 Kg 2:20) | interceded to Jesus when the wine had run out at the wedding feast at Cana; through Mary to Jesus (Jn 2:3-5) |