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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Song of Solomon 4

Chapter 4

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

thou art fair, my

9,10 1:15 2:10,14 Psalms 45:11 Ezekiel 16:14 2 Corinthians 3:18

thou hast

5:12 Matthew 11:29 Philippians 2:3-5

thy hair

5:11 6:5,7 7:5

appear from

or, eat of, etc. mount.

Numbers 32:1,40

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

teeth

6:6 Jeremiah 15:16 John 15:7 Colossians 1:4-6 1 Thessalonians 2:13 2 Peter 1:5-8

and none

Exodus 23:26 Deuteronomy 7:13,14

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

lips

11 5:13,16 7:9 Psalms 37:30 45:2 119:13 Proverbs 10:13,20,21 16:21-24 Matthew 12:35 Luke 4:22 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Ephesians 4:29 Colossians 3:16,17 4:6

scarlet

Leviticus 14:4,6,49-52 Numbers 4:8 19:6 Joshua 2:18 Proverbs 31:26 Hebrews 9:19

thy temples

6:7 Genesis 32:10 Ezra 9:6 Ezekiel 16:63

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

neck

1:10 7:4 2 Samuel 22:51 Ephesians 4:15,16 Colossians 2:19 1 Peter 1:5

an armoury

Nehemiah 3:19

a thousand

2 Chronicles 9:15,16 12:9-11

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

two breasts

1:13 7:3,7 8:1,10 Proverbs 5:19 Isaiah 66:10-12 1 Peter 2:2

feed

2:16 6:3

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

day

2:17 Malachi 4:2 Luke 1:78 2 Peter 1:19 1 John 2:8 Revelation 22:16

break

Heb. breathe. the mountain.

Exodus 20:24 30:8,23-26 37:29 Deuteronomy 12:5,6 Psalms 66:15 Isaiah 2:2 Malachi 1:11 Luke 1:9,10 Revelation 5:8

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

1 5:16 Numbers 24:5 Psalms 45:11,13 Ephesians 5:25-27 Colossians 1:22 2 Peter 3:14 Jude 1:24 Revelation 21:2

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

with me

2:13 7:11 Psalms 45:10 Proverbs 9:6 John 12:26 Colossians 3:1,2

from Lebanon

Deuteronomy 3:25

Shenir

Deuteronomy 3:9 Joshua 12:1

from the lions'

Psalms 76:1,4

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

ravished

or, taken away, etc. my sister.

10,12 5:1,2 Genesis 20:12 Matthew 12:50 1 Corinthians 9:5 Hebrews 2:11-14

my spouse

3:11 Psalms 45:9 Isaiah 54:5 62:5 Ezekiel 16:8 Hosea 2:19,20 John 3:29 2 Corinthians 11:2 Revelation 19:7,8 21:2,9,10

thou hast

6:12 7:5,6,10 Proverbs 5:19,20 Zephaniah 3:17

with one of

1:15 6:5

one chain

1:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

love

Heb. loves.

1:2 *marg:

how much

1:2,4

the smell

1:3,12 3:6 5:5 2 Corinthians 1:21,22 Galatians 5:22 Philippians 4:18 Revelation 5:8

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

lips

3 5:13 7:9 Psalms 71:14,15,23,24 Proverbs 16:24 Hosea 14:2 Hebrews 13:15

honey

5:1 Proverbs 24:13,14 Isaiah 7:15

the smell

10 Genesis 27:27 Psalms 45:8 Hosea 14:7

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

garden

6:2,11 Proverbs 5:15-18 Isaiah 58:11 61:10,11 Jeremiah 31:12 Hosea 6:3 1 Corinthians 6:13,19,20 7:34 Revelation 21:27

inclosed

Heb. barred. sealed.

2 Corinthians 1:22 Ephesians 1:13 4:30 Revelation 7:3

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

are

6:11 7:12 8:2 Psalms 92:14 Ecclesiastes 2:5 Isaiah 60:21 61:11 John 15:1-3 Philippians 1:11

pleasant

6:2

camphire

or, cypress.

14 1:14

spikenard

1:12 Mark 14:3 John 12:3

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

calamus

Exodus 30:23 Ezekiel 27:19

cinnamon

Proverbs 7:17 Revelation 18:13

trees

6 5:1 Numbers 24:6

the chief

6:2 Genesis 43:11 1 Kings 10:10 2 Chronicles 9:9 Mark 16:1

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

fountain

12 Ecclesiastes 2:6

a well

Psalms 36:8,9 46:4 Jeremiah 2:13 17:13 John 4:10,14 7:38 Revelation 22:1

streams

Jeremiah 18:13,14

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

Awake

1:4 Ecclesiastes 1:6 Isaiah 51:9-11 64:1 Ezekiel 37:9 John 3:8 Acts 2:1,2 4:31

the spices

13,14 7:12,13 2 Corinthians 9:10-15 Philippians 1:9-11 Colossians 1:9-12 1 Thessalonians 2:12,13 Hebrews 13:20,21 2 Peter 3:18

Let

5:1 8:12 Matthew 26:10,12 John 5:8 Romans 15:16,28 1 Peter 2:5,9,10