THE YOUNG MAIDEN DREAMS THAT SHE HAS LOST HER BELOVED (SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1). THE YOUNG MAIDEN'S FIRST NIGHTMARE. Song of Solomon 3:1 _ ‘By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves, I sought him, but I did not find him. I will rise now, and go about the city, In the streets and in the broad... [ Continue Reading ]
_ “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roe-deer, or by the hinds of the field, That you stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.”_ Possibly still in her dream she now once again (compare Song of Solomon 2:7) calls on the young women of Jerusalem, in the name of those symbols of l... [ Continue Reading ]
SECTION 3. The Loving Couple Are Married And The Marriage Is Consummated (Song of Solomon 3:6 to Song of Solomon 5:1). The young maiden need not have worried. Her beloved had not forgotten her. And soon the arrangements went forward for the wedding. In her love she had never really thought about t... [ Continue Reading ]
_ ‘Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? Behold, it is the litter of Solomon, Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel. They all handle the sword, And are expert in war, Ever... [ Continue Reading ]
_ ‘King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon. He made its pillars of silver, The bottom of it of gold, The seat of it of purple, The midst of it being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.'_ Accompanying his bride is the bridegroom-king in his splendor. He is borne in... [ Continue Reading ]
_ “Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown with which his mother has crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.”_ The scene is awe-inspiring. The mighty Solomon arrives in great splendor from the wilderness accompanied b... [ Continue Reading ]