Song of Solomon 2:4

Song of Solomon 2:4

The Beloved

2 Like a lily among thorns,
So is my love among the daughters.

The Shulamite

3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down in his shade with great delight,
And ^ahis fruit was sweet to my taste.

The Shulamite to the Daughters of Jerusalem

4 He brought me to the¹ banqueting house,
And his banner over me was love.

5 Sustain me with cakes of raisins,
Refresh me with apples,
For I am lovesick.

6 ^aHis left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.

7 ^aI¹ charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Historically fulfilled in the joy of Simeon and Anna in the temple, over the infant Saviour (Luke 2:25-38), and that of Mary, too (compare Luke 1:53); typified (Exodus 24:9-11). Spiritually, the bride or beloved is led (Song of Solomon 2:4) first into the King's chambers, thence is drawn after Him in answer to her prayer; is next received on a grassy couch under a cedar kiosk; and at last in a "banqueting hall," such as, JOSEPHUS says, Solomon had in his palace, "wherein all the vessels were of gold" (Antiquities, 8:5,2). The transition is from holy retirement to public ordinances, church worship, and the Lord's Supper (Psalms 36:8). The bride, as the queen of Sheba, is given "all her desire" (I Kings 10:13; Psalms 63:5; Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 3:16-21; Philippians 4:19); type of the heavenly feast hereafter (Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 25:9).

his banner . . . love—After having rescued us from the enemy, our victorious captain (Hebrews 2:10) seats us at the banquet under a banner inscribed with His name, "love" (I John 4:8). His love conquered us to Himself; this banner rallies round us the forces of Omnipotence, as our protection; it marks to what country we belong, heaven, the abode of love, and in what we most glory, the cross of Jesus Christ, through which we triumph (Romans 8:37; I Corinthians 15:57; Revelation 3:21). Compare with "over me," "underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deuteronomy 33:27).

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