Wisdom & Poetry · Old Testament
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon is book 22 of 66 and belongs to Wisdom & Poetry in the Old Testament. It has 8 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 6 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Song of Solomon 1: Song of Solomon 1: love better than wine, the daughters of Jerusalem and an unkept vineyard
The first line calls the book the song of songs and says it is Solomon's. A feminine voice then speaks: let him kiss me, for thy love is better than… - Song of Solomon 2: Song of Solomon 2: the lily among thorns, the banner of love and the voice of the beloved
She calls herself the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys. He answers that as the lily among thorns is my love among the daughters, and she… - Song of Solomon 3: Song of Solomon 3: a night search through the city and king Solomon's procession
By night on her bed she sought him whom her soul loves and did not find him. She resolves to rise and go about the city, through the streets and… - Song of Solomon 4: Song of Solomon 4: thou art all fair, a garden inclosed and a fountain sealed
A voice addressing my love praises her from the eyes down: doves' eyes within her locks, hair like a flock of goats appearing from mount Gilead… - Song of Solomon 5: Song of Solomon 5: the knock at the door, the watchmen's blows and the beloved described
A masculine voice says he has come into his garden, my sister, my spouse, gathered his myrrh with his spice, eaten his honeycomb with his honey and… - Song of Solomon 6: Song of Solomon 6: gone down to his garden, terrible as an army with banners, and the Shulamite
The daughters ask the fairest among women where her beloved has gone and turned aside, so that they may seek him with her. She answers that he has… - Song of Solomon 7: Song of Solomon 7: the prince's daughter praised from her feet up, and her answer
A voice praises the prince's daughter from the feet upward: her feet with shoes are beautiful, the joints of her thighs are like jewels made by a… - Song of Solomon 8: Song of Solomon 8: love strong as death, the little sister and a last call to make haste
She wishes the man were as her brother, so that finding him outside she could kiss him without being despised; she would lead him into her mother's…
