Song of Solomon 2:1

CHAPTER II

A description of the bridegroom, and his love to the bride, 1-9.

A fine description of spring, 10-13.

The mutual love of both, 14-17.

NOTES ON CHAP. II

Verse Song of Solomon 2:1. I am the rose of Sharon] Sharon was a very fruitful place, where David's cattle were fed, 1 Chronicles 27:29. It is mentioned as a place of excellence, Isaiah 35:2, and as a place of flocks, Isaiah 65:10, Perhaps it would be better, with almost all the versions, to translate, "I am the rose of the field." The bridegroom had just before called her fair; she with a becoming modesty, represents her beauty as nothing extraordinary, and compares herself to a common flower of the field. This, in the warmth of his affection, he denies, insisting that she as much surpasses all other maidens as the flower of the lily does the bramble, Song of Solomon 2:2.