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Solomon's Song 1 Summary
The Bride's Longing and the Bridegroom's Praise
The bride expresses her passionate desire for her beloved, comparing his love to wine and his name to fragrant ointment. The king brings her into his chambers, and she acknowledges her dark complexion from keeping vineyards while neglecting her own. She asks her beloved where he feeds his flock at noon, and he is compared to horses in Pharaoh's chariots, with his face adorned with jewels. Both lovers exchange affirmations of their beauty and desire, with the bride comparing her beloved to myrrh and fragrant spices, and the groom describing her fair eyes and pleasant features.
Key themes
Key verses
Solomon's Song 1:2
“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.”
Solomon's Song 1:4
“Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.”
Solomon's Song 1:13
“A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.”
Solomon's Song 1:15
“Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.”
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