Bible Commentaries
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible
Song of Solomon 1
The “Song of songs,” i. e., the best or most excellent of songs.
Which is Solomon‘s - literally, “to” or “for Solomon,” i. e., belonging to Solomon as its author or concerning him as its subject. In a title or inscription, the former interpretation is to be preferred.
the prologue. - The Song commences with two stanzas in praise of the king (now absent) by a chorus of virgins belonging to the royal household. Expositors, Jewish and Christian, interpret the whole as spoken by the Church of the heavenly Bridegroom.
Psalm 23:5; Luke 7:46; John 12:3). Thy name … poured forth -
Psalm 58:1; Proverbs 23:31.
This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first conversion.
Genesis 25:13; Psalm 120:5. The word itself signifies “dark” or “black.” Possibly “tents of Kedar” stand here poetically for shepherds‘ tents in general Isaiah 60:7. Job 20:9; Job 28:7, and indicates in the latter place the piercing glance of a bird of prey. My mother‘s children, -
Angry - This anger was perhaps but a form of jealous care for their sister‘s safety (compare Psalm 23:1.
Rest - Or, lie down; a term properly used of the couching of four-footed animals: “thy flock” is here therefore easily understood. Compare Ezekiel 34:14-15; Psalm 23:2; Jeremiah 50:6.
As one that turneth aside - Or, goeth astray like an outcast.
Song of This and the next Jeremiah 2:2 between the Holy One and His Church, first in the wilderness of the Exodus, and then in the wilderness of the world Ezekiel 20:35-36. 1 Kings 10:28-29. As applied to the bride it expresses the stately and imposing character of her beauty. Proverbs 25:12), or substitute for the strung beads of the bride‘s necklace. John 12:3, with her most precious unguents. Spikenard - Song of
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