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The bride’s words may be paraphrased: “You speak of me as a
glorious beauty; I was lately but a simple maiden engaged in rustic
toils. I went down one day into the walnut-garden” (the walnut
abounded...
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CHAPTER 6
The description of Her Beloved was addressed to the daughters of
Jerusalem. Their answer is recorded in the beginning of this chapter.
Her outburst of praise, her glowing testimony of Him,...
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It is very difficult to explain, as they now stand, the relation of
these verses to the context and each other. It is possible that Song
of Solomon 6:10 is misplaced, and that it may have stood as an...
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OR EVER. WAS AWARE. Unwittingly, or. know not [how it was], &c.
MY SOUL. I (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
MADE ME LIKE. placed me at, or was brought.
THE CHARIOTS OF AMMI-NADIB. So various are t...
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The bride speaks here. According to Oettli, the words of the court
ladies were spoken on the fatal day when Solomon first saw her. This
carries her back to that time, and ignoring Solomon's pleadings...
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Song of Solomon 6:4-13. The King fascinated
Here we have a renewed assault by Solomon. Just after the
Shulammite's impassioned claim to belong wholly to her lover her royal
persecutor returns, and bu...
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This is probably the most difficult verse in the whole book to
interpret satisfactorily. Perhaps it may best be rendered as in R.V.
MY SOUL (or, DESIRE, marg.) SET ME AMONG THE CHARIOTS OF MY PRINCELY...
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OR EVER I WAS AWARE, &C.— _I knew_ [_them_] _not: my heart set me
upon the chariots of my willing people._ Carpzov. _Crit. Sacr._ p.
904. See Aquila, and Symmachus. According to the common rendering,...
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TEXT 6:11-13
_Shulammite_, Song of Solomon 6:11-13
11.
I went down into the garden of nuts,
To see the green plants of the valley.
To see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flow...
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Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
OR EVER I WAS AWARE. Sudden outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost (),
while the Church was using the means, "all with one accord...
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6:12 people. (a-15) Singular of _ Ammim_ . see Psalms 7:8 ; 'willing,'
is as Psalms 47:9 . see Psalms 110:3 ....
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A DIALOGUE. HER LOVELINESS
10-13. A dialogue between these ladies and her. They compare her to
the dawn, stooping down to look on the earth from the sky. It is still
common in Arabic poems to address...
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This is a difficult verse to understand. It seems to mean that, at
once, it was time for her to enter her husband’s *chariot. That may
be the carriage in 3:7. But she uses a different word for it in t...
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A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE
SONG OF SONGS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 6
THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
V1 Where has your lover gone,
most beautiful among women?...
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(11-13) I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN... — For a discussion on this
obscure passage in its entirety, see _Excursus_ III.
(11) NUTS. — Heb. _egôz;_ only here. (Comp. Arabic _ghaus_ = the
walnut, which i...
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לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי נַפְשִׁ֣י
שָׂמַ֔תְנִי מַרְכְּבֹ֖ות עַמִּי...
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MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS
THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text.
It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical
significance of the words employed, tho...
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2. Solomon (Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 7:1). His Musing.
(a) Description of the Shulamite (Song of Solomon 6:4 a).
(b) Effect on the Virgins of the Vision of Her ...
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(g) Before I was aware, my soul made me (h) [like] the chariots of
Amminadib.
(g) I found nothing but rebellion.
(h) Or, Set me on the chariots of my willing people....
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Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
And Jehovah speaks and the church thus conscious of the presence of
her Lord visiting his garden, felt that blessed but sudden effe...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7.
And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect
of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of
grace and c...
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OR EVER ONE WAS AWARE, MY SOUL MADE ME [LIKE] THE CHARIOTS OF
AMMINADIB. These are either the words of the church or of Christ,
saying, "I know not" y as the first clause may be rendered: if the
words...
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Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.
Ver. 12. _Or ever I was aware, my soul, &c._] Heb., I knew not. So
Christ speaketh after the manner of men. And it is as if he s...
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_Or ever I was aware_ I was surprised with a vehement desire of my
spouse, which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree
with the majesty and omniscience of Christ. _My soul made me_, &c....
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Christ's Love Toward the Church.
The King's wonderful description of the bride's beauty causes the
"daughters of Jerusalem" to call out in admiration:...
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Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib,
literally, "I knew it not that my soul had made me chariots of my
noble people," that the King had displayed her pomp and power bef...
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OR EVER I WAS AWARE:
_ Heb._ I knew not
MADE ME LIKE THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADAB:
Or, set me on the chariot of my willing people...
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11-13 In retirement and in meditation the Christian character is
formed and perfected. But not in the retirement of the idle, the
self-indulgent, or the trifler. When the Christian is released from
t...
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OR EVER I WAS AWARE; I was surprised with a sudden and vehement desire
of enjoying my spouse; which is to be understood figuratively, and so
as to agree with the majesty and omnisciency of Christ. MY...
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Song of Solomon 6:12 aware H3045 (H8804) soul H5315 made H7760 (H8804)
chariots H4818 people H5993
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The YOUNG WIFE describes her restored status.
_ “ I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of
the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were
in flower. Befo...
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SECTION 5.
The Nightmare Is Over And She Is Again With Her Beloved (Song of
Solomon 6:4).
In this brief song the Beloved now describes the beauties of the one
he loves in such a way that the daughter...
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CONTENTS: The Bridegroom applauds the beauty of the Bride, preferring
her before all others.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church).
CONCLUSION: Christ takes delight in His redeemed and in the w...
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Song of Solomon 6:1. _Whither is thy beloved gone?_ These are words of
the ladies of honour, tenderly interested for their princess in a
moment of anxiety. _That we may seek him with thee._ Thus shoul...
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_Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of
Ammi-nadib._
THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNSEEN
The world passeth away and the lusts thereof. The spiritual alone is
permanent. Some men acquire no...
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NOTES
Song of Solomon 6:12. _Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the
chariots of Amminadib_.
The speaker in this and the preceding verse differently understood by
expositors. According to many,...
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EXPOSITION
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1
WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE, O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN? WHITHER HATH
THY BELOVED TURNED HIM, THAT WE MAY SEEK HIM WITH THEE? The dialogue
still continues, possibly bec...
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Now the daughters of Jerusalem respond to her, the chorus sings back.
Where has your beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither or
where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with...
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Hosea 11:8; Hosea 11:9; Jeremiah 31:18; Luke 15:20...
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Or ever — I was surprized with a vehement desire of my spouse, which
is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty
and omnisciency of Christ. Ammi — nadib — Eager in my desire,...