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Friends
1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither
is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
Beloved
2 My beloved is gone
down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to
feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the
lilies.
Lover
4 Thou art beautiful, O my love,
as Tirzah,
comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army with banners.
5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair
is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,
whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among
them.
7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins
without number.
9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her
mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters
saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and
they praised her.
Friends
10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon,
clear as the sun, and
terrible as an army with banners?
Lover
11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the
valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates
budded.
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of
Amminadib.
Friends
13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look
upon thee.
Lover
What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were
the company of
two armies.1
Bible
Commentary
1.
Whither. The daughters of Jerusalem now address the bride to see what more
she has to say.
2. Down into his garden. The anxiety concerning the loss of her beloved is gone. She
knows that he is engaged elsewhere. Nothing has really come in
to mar their felicity.
4. As Tirzah. In vs. 4-10 Solomon pours forth lavish praise of his bride.
Tirzah is probably to be identified with Tell el-Farah, some
7 mi. northeast of Shechem, in the territory of Ephraim, It was
doubtless noted for its beauty.
Comely as Jesusalem. Solomon takes his own capital city in southern Palestine to
illustrate the outstanding attractiveness of his bride. Jerusalem
was noted for its beauty.
Terrible as an army. Beauty and strength are here combined in a description that has
appropriately been applied to the church. Some think that the
question of this verse is raised by the ladies of the court when
they first catch a glimpse of the Shulamite.
8. Threescore queens. This is presumably a reference to Solomon's harem. The number
of wives is far less than that given in 1 Kings 11:3.
Evidently this song is written early in the reign of Solomon.
11. I went down. This statement is obviously by the bride.
12. Amminadib.
The meaning of this expression is obscure. Literally
translated it means, "My people, the noble." The bride
imagines herself being lifted up and placed in a chariot, no doubt
with Solomon.
13. Return, O Shulamite.
Perhaps this statement is by the members of the cortege, who
express a desire to look further on the now-acknowledged queen.
What will ye see?
A charming display of modesty.
The company.
Literally, "the dance". Some have suggested that this has
reference to the choir of the bride's maids and the choir of the
bridegroom's best men. Others think that the reference is to
some local custom that we do not now understand. Still others
prefer to transliterate the words as "two armies" (Mahanaim), and
see an allusion to the "dance" of the angel host at Mahanaim upon
Jacob's return to Canaan. If this be so, the Shulamite, at
this juncture, gives a performance of the "dance of Mahanaim".4
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Wesley's Notes on the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/song/wesley/song6.htm
3. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/song/gill/song6.htm
4.
SDA Bible Commentary - Vol. 3 pg.
1121
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Structure of
Canticles 6 |
An enquiry after Christ, ver. 1.
The churches answer, ver. 2.
The church confesses her faith in Christ, ver. 3.
Christ shows the graces of his church, ver. 4.
And the beauty of her several parts, ver. 5-10.
He acquaints her where he had been, and what he had been
doing, ver. 11.
And discovers his affection to her, ver. 12.
With an invitation of her to return to him again, ver. 13.2
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Synopsis of Canticles 6 |
The discourse between the church and the daughters of
Jerusalem is continued in this chapter: they inquire whither
her beloved was gone, in order to seek him with her, ver. 1;
she tells them where he was gone,
and for what purpose he went thither, and what he was doing
there; and claims and asserts her interest in him, ver. 2;
Then follows a commendation of the
church by Christ, who admires her beauty, and describes her
by her eyes, hair, &c. ver. 4;
and prefers her to all others;
being a singular and choice one to him, and the praise of
others, ver. 8;
and next he gives an account of his
going into his garden, and his design in it, and of what
happened to him there, ver. 11.
And the chapter is concluded with
a charge to the Shulamite, to turn herself, that she might
be looked upon; which occasions a question, to which an
answer is returned, ver. 133
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