1 At night on my bed I was longing for him whom my soul loves; I looked for him, but I could not find him. 2 I said to myself, “I will get up and go through the city, through the streets and squares; I will search for him whom my soul loves.” I searched for him, but I did not find him. 3 The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city. I asked them, “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?” 4 It was only a little while after I had passed them that I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me. 5 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the fields, that you will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases. 6 What is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders sold by merchants? 7 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel. 8 All of them are skilled with a sword and are experienced in warfare. Every man has his sword at his side, armed against the terrors of the night. 9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon. 10 Its posts were made of silver; the back was made of gold, and the seat of purple cloth. Its interior was decorated with love by the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Go out, daughters of Zion, and gaze on King Solomon, bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of the joy of his heart.
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- 1 1 Peter 1:8; Song of Songs 5:6; Song of Songs 1:7; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 55:6
- 2 Ephesians 5:14; Romans 13:11; Isaiah 64:7; Proverbs 1:20–21; Psalm 22:1–2
- 3 Song of Songs 5:7; John 20:15; Ezekiel 33:2–9; Isaiah 21:11–12; Isaiah 21:6–8
- 4 Proverbs 8:17; Matthew 7:7; Song of Songs 6:12; Song of Songs 8:2; Proverbs 4:13
- 5 Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 8:4; Micah 4:8
- 6 Song of Songs 8:5; Revelation 12:14; Song of Songs 4:6; Song of Songs 1:13; Isaiah 43:19
- 7 1 Kings 14:27; Hebrews 1:14; 2 Kings 6:17; 1 Samuel 28:2; Song of Songs 1:16
- 8 Psalm 45:3; Ephesians 6:16–18; Psalm 149:5–9; Isaiah 27:3; Nehemiah 4:21–22
- 9 Song of Songs 3:7; 2 Samuel 23:5; Revelation 14:6
- 10 Romans 5:8; Revelation 3:12; Ephesians 3:18–19; Psalm 87:3; Song of Songs 1:5
- 11 Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 2:19–20; Psalm 9:14; Revelation 1:7
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… proclaimed by soldiers; and Jesus also must in a figure be crowned by soldiers; so that for this cause the Scripture says in the Canticles, Go forth, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, and look upon King Solomon in the crown wherewith His mother crowned Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
On my bed I sought Him by night, I sought Him, and I found Him not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
It was but a little that I passed from them (that is, from the two Angels), until I found Him Whom my soul loved. I held Him, and would not let Him go.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)