The bride relates to the chorus what appears to be an imaginary occurrence transacted in a dream (like that of Song of Solomon 5:2). The Targum takes this section to be typical of the wanderings of Israel after the Holy One in the wilderness, as the next Song of Solomon 3:6 is made to represent thei... [ Continue Reading ]
BY NIGHT - i. e., In the night-hours.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITY - One near the bride’s native home, possibly Shunem.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HELD HIM - This begins the fourth stanza. The bride’s mother is mentioned again in Song of Solomon 6:9; Song of Solomon 8:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Song of Solomon 2:7 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
The principal and central action of the Song; the bride’s entry into the city of David, and her marriage there with the king. Jewish interpreters regard this part of the poem as symbolizing the “first” entrance of the Church of the Old Testament into the land of promise, and her spiritual espousals,... [ Continue Reading ]