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Selected Verse: Song of solomon 6:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| So 6:2 |
Strong Concordance |
My beloved [01730] is gone down [03381] into his garden [01588], to the beds [06170] of spices [01314], to feed [07462] in the gardens [01588], and to gather [03950] lilies [07799]. |
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King James |
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
gone down--Jerusalem was on a hill (answering to its moral elevation), and the gardens were at a little distance in the valleys below.
beds of spices--(balsam) which He Himself calls the "mountain of myrrh," &c. (Sol 4:6), and again (Sol 8:14), the resting-place of His body amidst spices, and of His soul in paradise, and now in heaven, where He stands as High Priest for ever. Nowhere else in the Song is there mention of mountains of spices.
feed in . . . gardens--that is, in the churches, though He may have withdrawn for a time from the individual believer: she implies an invitation to the daughters of Jerusalem to enter His spiritual Church, and become lilies, made white by His blood. He is gathering some lilies now to plant on earth, others to transplant into heaven (Sol 5:1; Gen 5:24; Mar 4:28-29; Act 7:60). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
2 My beloved has gone down into the garden,
To the beds of sweet herbs,
To feed in the gardens
And gather lilies.
He is certainly, she means to say, there to be found where he delights most to tarry. He will have gone down - viz. from the palace (Sol 6:11; cf. Kg1 20:43 and Est 7:7) - into his garden, to the fragrant beds, there to feed in his garden and gather lilies (cf. Old Germ. "to collect rsen"); he is fond of gardens and flowers. Shulamith expresses this in her shepherd-dialect, as when Jesus says of His Father (Joh 15:1), "He is the husbandman." Flowerbeds are the feeding place (vid., regarding לרעות under Sol 2:16) of her beloved. Solomon certainly took great delight in gardens and parks, Ecc 2:5. But this historical fact is here idealized; the natural flora which Solomon delighted in with intelligent interest presents itself as a figure of a higher Loveliness which was therein as it were typically manifest (cf. Rev 7:17, where the "Lamb," "feeding," and "fountains of water," are applied as anagogics, i.e., heavenward-pointing types). Otherwise it is not to be comprehended why it is lilies that are named. Even if it were supposed to be implied that lilies were Solomon's favourite flowers, we must assume that his taste was determined by something more than by form and colour. The words of Shulamith give us to understand that the inclination and the favourite resort of her friend corresponded to his nature, which is altogether thoughtfulness and depth of feeling (cf. under Psa 92:5, the reference to Dante: the beautiful women who gather flowers representing the paradisaical life); lilies, the emblems of unapproachable grandeur, purity inspiring reverence, high elevation above that which is common, bloom there wherever the lily-like one wanders, whom the lily of the valley calls her own. With the words: |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Is gone - The spouse had hitherto been at a loss for her beloved, but having diligently sought him, now at last she meets with a gracious answer from God, directing her where to find him. The garden may signify the church catholic, and the gardens, as it follows, as also the beds, the particular assemblies of the faithful, in which Christ affords his presence. Spices - In which the gifts and graces of God's spirit, fitly compared to spices, grow. To feed - To refresh and delight himself. Lillies - Which may denote either, particular believers, whom Christ gathers to himself in his church; or, the prayers and praises of his people in the publick congregations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| My beloved is gone down into his garden - The answer of the bride to her companions. |
60 And [1161] he kneeled down [5087] [1119], and cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], Lord [2962], lay [2476] not [3361] this [5026] sin [266] to their [846] charge. And [2532] when he had said [2036] this [5124], he fell asleep [2837].
28 For [1063] the earth [1093] bringeth forth fruit [2592] of herself [844]; first [4412] the blade [5528], then [1534] the ear [4719], after that [1534] the full [4134] corn [4621] in [1722] the ear [4719].
29 But [1161] when [3752] the fruit [2590] is brought forth [3860], immediately [2112] he putteth in [649] the sickle [1407], because [3754] the harvest [2326] is come [3936].
24 And Enoch [02585] walked [01980] with God [0430]: and he was not; for God [0430] took [03947] him.
1 I am come [0935] into my garden [01588], my sister [0269], my spouse [03618]: I have gathered [0717] my myrrh [04753] with my spice [01313]; I have eaten [0398] my honeycomb [03293] with my honey [01706]; I have drunk [08354] my wine [03196] with my milk [02461]: eat [0398], O friends [07453]; drink [08354], yea, drink abundantly [07937], O beloved [01730].
14 Make haste [01272], my beloved [01730], and be thou like [01819] to a roe [06643] or to a young [06082] hart [0354] upon the mountains [02022] of spices [01314].
6 Until the day [03117] break [06315], and the shadows [06752] flee away [05127], I will get [03212] me to the mountain [02022] of myrrh [04753], and to the hill [01389] of frankincense [03828].
5 O LORD [03068], how great [01431] are thy works [04639]! and thy thoughts [04284] are very [03966] deep [06009].
17 For [3754] the Lamb [721] which [3588] is in the midst [303] [3319] of the throne [2362] shall feed [4165] them [846], and [2532] shall lead [3594] them [846] unto [1909] living [2198] fountains [4077] of waters [5204]: and [2532] God [2316] shall wipe away [1813] all [3956] tears [1144] from [575] their [846] eyes [3788].
5 I made [06213] me gardens [01593] and orchards [06508], and I planted [05193] trees [06086] in them of all kind of fruits [06529]:
16 My beloved [01730] is mine, and I am his: he feedeth [07462] among the lilies [07799].
1 I [1473] am [1510] the true [228] vine [288], and [2532] my [3450] Father [3962] is [2076] the husbandman [1092].
7 And the king [04428] arising [06965] from the banquet [04960] of wine [03196] in his wrath [02534] went into the palace [01055] garden [01594]: and Haman [02001] stood up [05975] to make request [01245] for his life [05315] to Esther [0635] the queen [04436]; for he saw [07200] that there was evil [07451] determined [03615] against him by the king [04428].
43 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went [03212] to his house [01004] heavy [05620] and displeased [02198], and came [0935] to Samaria [08111].
11 I went down [03381] into the garden [01594] of nuts [093] to see [07200] the fruits [03] of the valley [05158], and to see [07200] whether the vine [01612] flourished [06524], and the pomegranates [07416] budded [05132].