September 23rd
Song of Solomon 1
A.
Love born
Introduction
1: The song of songs, which is
Solomon's.
She
remembers their first meeting
2: Let him kiss me with the kisses of
his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 3: Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as
ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 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. 5: I am black, but comely, O ye
daughters of Jerusalem,
as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6: Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the
keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7: Tell me, O thou whom my soul
loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for
why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 8: If thou know not, O thou fairest
among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids
beside the shepherds' tents. 9:
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10: Thy cheeks are comely with rows
of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11:
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 12: While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth
forth the smell thereof. 13: A
bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my
breasts. 14: My beloved is unto
me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. 15: Behold, thou art fair, my love;
behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our
bed is green. 17: The beams of
our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Song of Solomon 2
A
love scene in the palace
1: I am the rose of Sharon, and the
lily of the valleys. 2: As the
lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3: As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my
beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his
fruit was sweet to my taste. 4:
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5: Stay me with flagons, comfort me
with apples: for I am sick of love. 6:
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7: I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes,
and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
please.
The
return of the Bridegroom
8: The voice of my beloved! behold, he
cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9: My beloved is like a roe or a
young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the
windows, shewing himself through the lattice. 10: My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my
fair one, and come away. 11:
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12: The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of
birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13: The fig tree putteth forth her
green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my
love, my fair one, and come away. 14:
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the
stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy
voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15:
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have
tender grapes. 16: My beloved
is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 17: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my
beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Song of Solomon 3
The
Bride dreams of the Bridegroom
1: By night on my bed I sought him
whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 2: I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in
the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found
him not. 3: The watchmen that
go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4: It was but a little that I passed
from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let
him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of
her that conceived me. 5: I
charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my
love, till he please.
Solomon
returns with his Bride
6: Who is this that cometh out of the
wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with
all powders of the merchant? 7:
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the
valiant of Israel.
8: They all hold swords, being
expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the
night. 9: King Solomon made
himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 10: He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of
gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love,
for the daughters of Jerusalem.
11: Go forth, O ye daughters of
Zion, and
behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day
of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Today we are reading the first three chapters of the Song of
Solomon. This little Book written either by Solomon or for Solomon was a love
story. Describing a family living in Shulem consisting of a widowed mother,
several sons and a young daughter brought up on a mixed farm of crops and
sheep. Her brothers took special care to look after her. The young daughter was
a shepherdess and while out one day she sheltered under a tree from the noonday
sun. There she met a beautiful shepherd boy who she later was betrothed to.
(1v7 2v16 6v3) One morning in the Spring the boy invited the daughter to
accompany her into a field, but the brothers hearing of this sent her into the
vineyards. (2v15) The daughter told the boy that she loved him and her brothers
would be unable to dissolve her love. (2v16) She asked him to meet her in the
evening (3v1) and when he did not appear she thought something bad had happened
to him. So she went in search for him (3v2) and found him (3v4) They were only
able to see each other in the evenings as they were both busy at work in the
day. On one occasion when she entered into a garden she accidently came into
the presence of King Solomon (6v11, 12) He happened to be on a summer visit to
the area (6v6-11) He was struck by her beauty and took her to his tent (1v2-4)
and his servant prepared her for him (1v5-8) He tried to allure her but without
success. (v6-11) When she was released from Solomon she tried to find her
beloved boy (1v12-2v7) But Solomon arranged for her to be taken to his city in
the hope of dazzling her with his wealth. (3v1-11) But she was not impressed
and her young boy followed in search of her. (4v1-5) He managed to meet her and
she was ready to leave the city for her home (4v6) Her lover was delighted in
her faithfulness (4v7-16) and as their love was demonstrated to each other that
a number of the ladies in court were impressed. (6v1) The King still wanted her
and looked for an opportunity to win her. (6v4-7v9) He tried all sorts of
promises but she remained faithful to her love (7v10-8v4) in the end the king
was defeated and the daughter and her boy were allowed to return home (8v5-14)
On their way home they visited the tree under which they had first met and
renewed their devotion to each other. (8v5-7) When she arrived home her
brothers praised her for her fidelity. (8v8-9) Developed from EWBullingers Companion Bible An outline could be...
A.
The daughter taken to the Kings
Palace
B. The daughter and her beloved together
C. The daughter and her beloved apart
B. The daughter and her beloved together
C. The daughter and her beloved apart
A.
The daughter taken home from the Kings
Palace
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