Saturday 20 August 2016

Notes from Song of Solomon 1

The drama opens at Baal-hamon, in the hill country of Ephraim.
vv. 2-4 — The bride, in the palace in Jerusalem, reviews in her mind the meeting with the shepherd who was Solomon.
v. 5 — She was sunburned, in contrast to the ladies of the court.
v. 6 — She was forced by her brothers to keep the vineyard. Her “own vineyard” was her own beauty — she hadn’t been able to go to the beauty salon.
v. 7 — The shepherd she met did not seem to have any sheep.
v. 8 — The shepherd is evasive.
vv. 9-17 — She falls in love with the shepherd, whom she later finds to be Solomon, the king.

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