A DREAM OF LOVE. The adjuration Song of Solomon 3:5 (_cf._ Song of
Solomon 2:7) may have been added to adapt the passionate poem to the
wedding week, in which there was much noisy revelling. For another
song with similar motive _cf_. Song of Solomon 5:2 ff. The bride tells
a dream which came to her,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMING OF THE KING. These verses are generally taken to describe
the procession of the king with his attendants coming to the wedding.
On the dramatic theory it is Solomon coming to the north where the
Shulammite (see on Song of Solomon 6:13) is supposed to be; but on the
view upon which this ex... [ Continue Reading ]