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Song of Solomon 1:12
While the King sitteth at His table, while the meal was in progress, my spikenard, an aromatic perfume made from an Oriental herb, sendeth forth the smell thereof, a delightful and pleasant odor.
While the King sitteth at His table, while the meal was in progress, my spikenard, an aromatic perfume made from an Oriental herb, sendeth forth the smell thereof, a delightful and pleasant odor.
Verse 12. _WHILE THE KING_ SITTETH _AT HIS TABLE_] במסבו _bimsibbo,_ in his _circle_, probably meaning the circle of his friends at the marriage festivals, or a _round table_....
This and the next Song of Solomon 1:15-2 sections are regarded by ancient commentators (Jewish and Christian) as expressing “the love of espousals” Jeremiah 2:2 between the Holy One and His Church, fi...
ANNOTATIONS SONG OF SONGS In studying this Love Song the primary application to the remnant of Israel must not be lost sight of. It is to be kept in mind that we are on Jewish ground and that the per...
A MUTUALLY RESPONSIVE SONG OF LOVE AND ADMIRATION. (1) The comparison of the richly-ornamented horses of Pharaoh's chariots. Parallels from ancient literature may be found in the commentaries. The Ara...
WHILE THE KING SITTETH, &C. Solomon's advances fail; for, to his flattery she opposes her unabated love for her shepherd lover, with whom she has an interview in Song of Solomon 1:12 Song of Solomon 2...
The Shulammite replies to Solomon's wooing....
_While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof_ R.V. SAT … SENT FORTH. So long she says as the king was on his divan her spikenard gave forth its perfume. _his tabl...
Song of Solomon 1:9 Chap. Song of Solomon 2:7. A King's Love despised In this scene Solomon presses his love upon the Shulammite for the first time; but in reply to his endeavours to win her she alwa...
WHILE THE KING SITTETH AT HIS TABLE— _While the king shall be in his tent,_ or _pavilion,_ Houbigant. The New Translation has it, _While the king sitteth in the circle of his friends;_ namely, at the...
TEXT 1:122:7 SHULAMMITE: NARRATION TO COURT LADIES 1:122:7 a. Explanation of her Situation Song of Solomon 1:12 12 While the King sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof....
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. AT HIS TABLE. It is the presence of the Sun of Righteousness that draws out the believer's odours of grace. It was...
THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
HOW TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART SONG OF SONGS _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS. TRANSLATION: MARK KIRKPATRICK_ ABOUT THE SONG OF SONGS The Song of Songs is a poem about love. The main speakers are a...
This is a beautiful invitation. It is a description of spring. Solomon starts with a description of the country at the end of winter. Then he describes the start of spring. And now it is the time when...
Song of Songs 2:4 also seems to describe a special meal. Perhaps the meal begins at 1:12 and continues until 2:7. Engedi is a place with many beautiful gardens. But its situation is unusual. It is in...
WHILE THE KING SITTETH. — There is no need to imagine a scene where the monarch, having failed in his attempt to allure the shepherdess by fine offers, retires to his banquet, leaving her to console h...
עַד ־שֶׁ֤ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ בִּ מְסִבֹּ֔ו נִרְדִּ֖
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may b...
(r) While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance. (r) The Church rejoices that she is admitted to the company of Christ....
_Abide. Hebrew adds, "all night." Christ remained nine months in the virgin's womb. (Calmet) --- The faithful discover him in both the Testaments, (Haydock) and meditate on his sufferings. Myrrh is a...
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. At this verse the Church takes up the conversation. And as her Husband had spoken so graciously of her, she now break...
Chapter 1 presents in the most clear and simple manner the assurance of the full enjoyment of blessing; but still, though affection be there, all is more characterised by desire than by peace. And aft...
WHILE THE KING [SITTETH] AT HIS TABLE,.... These are the words of the church, relating what influence the presence of Christ, her Lord and King, had upon the exercise of her graces, while he was keepi...
While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. Ver. 12. _While the king sitteth at his table, &c._] Heb., At his round table, or ring sitting. _In accubitu circu...
_While the king_ My royal husband; _sitteth at the table_ With me in his ordinances. _My spikenard_ The graces of his Spirit conferred upon me, here compared to those sweet ointments, which the master...
9-17 The Bridegroom gives high praises of his spouse. In the sight of Christ believers are the excellent of the earth, fitted to be instruments for promoting his glory. The spiritual gifts and graces...
THE KING, my royal Husband, SITTETH AT HIS TABLE; either, 1. With the spirits of just men and blessed angels in heavenly glory, to which Christ was advanced after his sufferings, and from which he po...
Song of Solomon 1:12 king H4428 table H4524 spikenard H5373 forth H5414 (H8804) fragrance H7381 the king -...
_ “While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent out its fragrance. My beloved is to me as a bundle of myrrh, That lies between my breasts. My beloved is to me as a cluster of henna-flowers, In t...
SONG OF SONG OF SOLOMON 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very beginning....
We will this evening read in the one Book of the Bible which is wholly given up to fellowship; I allude to the Book of Canticles. This Book stands like the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and...
CONTENTS: The Bride and Bridegroom in joyful communion. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are full of Christ earnestly desire the manifestations of His love to their...
Song of Solomon 1:1. _The Song of songs, which is Solomon's._ Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative case...
_While the King sitteth at His table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof._ THE CHURCH’S TESTIMONY TO CHRIST These words are the Church’s testimony from experience of the blessed effects wh...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 The Lovers Yearn for Each Other. The two main characters, apparently betrothed, are introduced as they sing of their desire for each other. On the difference between betrothal and...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 1:12 NARD was a FRAGRANCE extracted from a plant (see Song of Solomon 4
BRIDE’S REPLY TO THE KING’S GREETING _Shulamite expresses her Delight in her Beloved_. Song of Solomon 1:12 While the King sitteth at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. A bundl...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of the book pre...
Tonight we want to look at the Song of Songs which is Solomon's. By the title it indicates that Solomon felt that this was the finest of the one thousand and five songs that he wrote. This is the exce...
John 12:3; Luke 24:30; Matthew 22:11; Matthew 22:4; Matthew 25:34;...
The king — My royal husband. Sitteth — With me in his ordinances. Spikenard — The graces of his spirit conferred upon me, here compared to those sweet ointments, which the master of the feast caused t...