Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cheeks—the seat of beauty, according to the Hebrew meaning [GESENIUS]. Yet men smote and spat on them (Isaiah 50:6).
bed—full, like the raised surface of the garden bed; fragrant with ointments, as beds with aromatic plants (literally, "balsam").
sweet flowers—rather, "terraces of aromatic herbs"—"high-raised parterres of sweet plants," in parallelism to "bed," which comes from a Hebrew root, meaning "elevation."
lips— (Psalms 45:2; John 7:46).
lilies—red lilies. Soft and gentle (I Peter 2:22-23). How different lips were man's (Psalms 22:7)!
dropping . . . myrrh—namely, His lips, just as the sweet dewdrops which hang in the calyx of the lily.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Song of Solomon 5:13:
Song of Solomon 4:11
Song of Solomon 5:14
Song of Solomon 5:16
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