I doubt not, saith one, but as the angels waited at Christ’s sepulchre, so for his sake … Its Subject. Marriage a joyful event, celebrated with festivity and music. Christ's direction and command, Song of Solomon 1:8. The ‘song of songs’ means ‘the most wonderful of songs’. GENEVA BIBLE. The voice in the wilderness, that was to prepare Christ's way, cried, All flesh is grass. The Holy Spirit never promotes polygamy in scripture, though for some reason it was tolerated in that day, maybe as laziness, lukewarmness, & lethargy “seem to be” tolerated in Christianity today (though never “accepted” by God). This relationship is based upon the work of Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/song-of-solomon-1.html. Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible. HAWKER. Hence—. The Chapter opens with giving the title of the book. Belonging to Solomon, and so placed among the sacred books. AKIBA. Songs found to have the most powerful influence on the minds and morals of a people. c) Finally the union of the Messiah and His earthly bride will happen after His appearing on earth while the wedding of the Lamb will take place earlier in heaven. In the person of the holy Apostles of Christ and the righteous remnant of the apostate Israel, they gloriously achieved that assignment. Song of Solomon 1:1 — "which is Solomon"s" - Comments- The opening verse of Song of Solomon , which credits its authorship to Song of Solomon , seems to quietly leave out his title as King of Jerusalem and of Israel. The Song testifies of Him as the King and Bridegroom of His Church, stooping to win and wed poor fallen humanity for His Bride. Read and study Song of Solomon 2 with the Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary. Reveals mysteries of Divine love into which the angels desire to look. R. JOSHUA. This book all the more attractive from its being a song. SEPTUAGINT has—to, for, or of Solomon ( τῷ σ.). "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". So far from being, as some impious men have said, the love-Song and Pharaoh's daughter, that it carries with it a contradiction in many places. A confession of her deformity; prayeth for direction. The Jews called other Scripture songs ‘holy,' but this the ‘holy of holies." The sixth was sung by Deborah and Barak after the defeat of Sisera. PATRICK. Pleasant and joyous. Verse 1: Verse 2: Verse 3: Verse 4: Verse 5: Verse 6: Verse 7: Verse 8: Verse 9: Verse 10: Verse 11: Verse 12: Verse 13 : Lectionary Calendar. How very sweet and precious to trace in it the several marks, and testimonies of his love. WEISS. is always the Lamed auctoris ; in this case the idea of reference to, as e.g. It says Verse 1, "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. Some have doubted that Solomon should be the author and that the book should be an entire work. This song has the Holy Ghost for its author; the union and communion between Christ and believers for its matter; and the glory of God and the comfort of His people for its end. The prophets of the OT often called the people of Israel the wife of Jehovah (Jeremiah 31:32), which became unfaithful and therefore was rejected (compare Is. It is thus a song in praise of purity, chasteness, love and marriage. Oh! [Ephesians 5:32] It passeth the capacity of man to understand it in the perfection of it. In this post, I will highlight verses from all 8 chapters of the Song of Solomon (aka the Song of Songs). Finding the new version too difficult to understand? "The Adam Clarke Commentary". The earthly Solomon is not introduced, which would break the consistency of the allegory. 1685. Which is Solomon’s.] Solomon‘s — “King of Israel,” or “Jerusalem,” is not added, as in the opening of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, not because Solomon had not yet ascended the throne [Moody Stuart], but because his personality is hid under that of Christ, the true Solomon (equivalent to Prince of Peace). Its foundation laid in the Psalms; especially in that gem of Psalms, the forty-fifth. The Song is read annually at the Feast of the Passover, as Ruth is read at Pentecost; Lamentations on 9th of Ab; Ecclesiastes at the Feast of Tabernacles; and Esther at the Feast of Purim. The SUBJECT of the Book. And as it is Solomon's Song, by which is evidently meant, as will hereafter more plainly appear, Jesus Christ, (for a greater than Solomon is here); we may, without violence to the expression, call it a gospel song; for its whole contents is of salvation by Jesus Christ. Both old and young love songs, and are attracted by them. Used by Permission.No distribution beyond personal use without permission. (c) Procul hinc, procul este profani, nihil hic nisi castum. We know that Solomon composed one thousand and five songs ( 1 Kings 4:32), but the Song of Songs was the most excellent of them all. In Scotland's best times, the song of Solomon the chosen field of meditation at Sacramental seasons. So this Hebrew phrase is understood in other cases, as the holy of holies signifies the most holy; and the highest King is called King of kings; and there are multitudes of such instances, as hath been oft observed. provincialism, to the prose of the pre-exilian literature it is otherwise foreign; (Note: We do not take into view here Genesis 6:3. It is not the song of fools, as many of the songs of love are, but the song of the wisest of men; nor can any man give a better proof of his wisdom than to celebrate the love of God to mankind and to excite his own love to God and that of others with it. I. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/song-of-solomon-1.html. Meaning alluded to in 1Ch . Solomon as a type of Christ, both the author and the subject. 1. The Lord's ransomed ones to ‘return and come to Zion with songs' (Isa 35:10). "Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:1". Song of Solomon 1:1 — Figurative Interpretation - "The song of songs" - John Westwood declares that "the name of Christ is indeed the Song of Songs." Only taught by a Divine anointing, and only learned by a spiritual experience" (Bernard). ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. "Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:1". She compares his love to the fragrancy of the richest ointment. Solomon, like his father, was addicted to poetry, and, which way soever a man's genius lies, he should endeavor to honour God and edify the church with it. Verse 1. --- The. but the pre-exilian shir and kinah (cf. The external completion will take place at the marriage supper of the Lamb only. Canticles a striking contrast to Ecclesiastes. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Song of Solomon 1 . COCCEIUS. The earthly Solomon is not introduced, which would break the consistency of the allegory. (London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1848), 1. In both respects, doubtless, through ordinary means. The AUTHOR of the Book. Other songs celebrate the King's victory and the deliverance wrought for His Church; this His marriage with her and His love to the Bride. EWALD, HITZIG, BLEEK. "Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:1". 1801-1803. The book is not mentioned in the NT at all. Besides other persons are introduced: the daughters of Jerusalem, the watchmen of the city, the brothers and the little sister of the bride. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. We are going to deal with Courtship(Dating); Marriage; & the Joys & Problems of marriage. Read and study Song of Solomon 1 with the Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary. ‘The Song of Songs,' שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (shir hashshirim). Next to David's Psalms, the favourite book of the Bible with the Fathers of the Church. The Biblical Illustrator. "Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". BibliographyHenry, Matthew. The book mainly contains dialogues between bride and bridegroom. "He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself" (Joh ; Rev 19:10; Luk 24:27). Concerning Solomon, that is, the Messiah. Surely such a person as the Lord Jesus is, and such subject-matter as the mutual love and union between Jesus and his people forms, may well be called the song of songs. The VULGATE: Solomon's. [most common]. This has been understood as meaning “one of Solomon’s songs,” with allusion to the 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:32) which that monarch composed. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mhm/song-of-solomon-1.html. The song of songs — The most excellent of all songs. BibliographyGill, John. The number of speakers forbids all the interpretations which depend on there being only two. The dignity of it; it is the song of songs, a most excellent song, not only above any human composition, or above all other songs which Solomon penned, but even above any other of the scripture-songs, as having more of Christ in it. As Solomon reigned from around 970 to 931 BC the time of writing would have to be set in the middle of the 10th century BC. But we must not stop here. "Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary". 1. zur hebr. A song of the bride-chamber (Mat 9:15). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/phc/song-of-solomon-1.html. 8:8) of the bride. A foretaste on earth of the "new song" to be sung in glory (Revelation 5:9). Study Song of Solomon 4 using Wesley’s Explanatory Notes to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Instead it’s a baptism by fire. The song of songs; the most excellent of all songs, whether composed by profane or sacred authors, by Solomon or by any other. 1. He and she, the Head and the members, form but one Christ. Christ prefigured by Aaron as a priest; by Moses as a prophet; by David and Solomon as a King,—by the one in his conquests and by the other in his peaceful enjoyment of them. Song of Solomon 1:5-7. Let him that reads think he sees written over this Solomon’s porch, "Holiness to the Lord." In the prosperous and happy condition of his Kingdom. Copyright StatementThese files are copyrighted by the author, Gary Everett. His title of ‘King,' assumed in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, here laid aside in contemplating the celestial person of whom he speaks. AINSWORTH. If this opening verse, which serves as a title, was added at a later date during the composition of this book as a part of the Old Testament Scriptures, then it meant the early Jews viewed it as one unified composition. So we are probably to see the song as referring to a Solomon, who is looking back romantically and rather idealistically to the time when, as a young and virile man, he first experienced true love, and that to the one who was to be his first wife, a young country maiden from the north who had won his heart. 3. The Enhanced Strong says this word is used 90 times in the Old Testament, being translated in the KJV as " Song of Solomon 74, musick 7, singing 4, musical 2, sing 1, singers 1, song + 016971. {3} Showing Jesus love to the Church. All seem to agree that these words are addressed to the bridegroom: which shews that they must be understood in the mystical sense. 1909-1922. COCCEIUS, MERCER. This Love reaches it’s pinnacle in 8:6,7. Copyright StatementThe Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament is a derivative of a public domain electronic edition. BibliographyHawker, Robert, D.D. (Worthington) --- The figures of the law and predictions afford not satisfaction; only the Messias can bring it to mankind. We have the phrases "King of kings" and "Lord of lords" throughout the Scriptures to compare as well. Song of Solomon 1:1 — "which is Solomon"s" - Comments- The opening verse of Song of Solomon , which credits its authorship to Song of Solomon , seems to quietly leave out his title as King of Jerusalem and of Israel. The First part of the Title, I. The most beautiful song. For the true Solomon. 86.). In the Song of Songs, however, Solomon as king is a type of Christ as the true king of peace. The type overshadowed by the antitype. The song of songs - A song of peculiar excellence. A ‘song of loves' requires a loving heart to understand, realize, and appreciate it. I will not know all the interpretations (as many have struggled with some of the metaphors) but I seek to gain all God has for me. The Gospel began with songs and ends with them. Such a judgment was reserved to a so-called Christian, western civilisation, which up to the mid of the 20th century made a taboo of all that was sexual. 2. The noblest and sweetest song. There was an immediate attraction between them, but it was some time before he informed her that he was in fact Solomon, the young king of Israel, taking time off from his kingly duties by spending time with some of those who watched over his flocks. --- His mouth. Read verse in King James Version 1765. Solomon not called here, as in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, the King of Israel. 1854-1889. ", , "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;", , "The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.". By the Jews, the Song understood of their Divine King to be manifested in the Messiah, and the Israelitish nation as the Bride whom He was pleased to espouse to Himself. 83] John Westwood, A Short Paraphrase of the Song of Solomon (London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1848), 1. The phrase "daughters of Jerusalem" is also found in, John Westwood declares that "the name of Christ is indeed the Song of Songs.". The church, in return, commends the loveliness of Jesus, and the chapter concludes in mutual congratulations. In the peaceful character of his Reign. The DESIGN of the Book. His personality here lost sight of in his typical character. ἄῤῥητα ἀῤῥήτων of Sophocles), and signifies that song which, as such, surpasses the songs one and all of them; as “servant of servants,” Genesis 9:25, denotes a servant who is such more than all servants together. The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. The subject is pleasing, and therefore fit to be treated of in a song, in singing which we may make melody with our hearts unto the Lord. according to the sense (cf. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pmc/song-of-solomon-1.html. Mirror of the `` New Song '' to be found at the beginning or chain ; Arab poets of... 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