--- title: "Song of Solomon 1 - Study King James Bible with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible" description: "Read Song of Solomon 1 with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible commentary. 1 The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/1" --- [ Read](/kjv/song-of-solomon/1)[ Commentary](/study/song-of-solomon/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/song-of-solomon/1) Audio 1 The song of songs, which *is* Solomon’s. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love *is* better than wine.* 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name *is as* ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.* 5 I *am* black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, because I *am* black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; *but* mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest *thy flock* to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?* 8 ¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows *of jewels*, thy neck with chains *of gold*. 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 12 ¶ While the king *sitteth* at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh *is* my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved *is* unto me *as* a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.* 15 Behold, thou *art* fair, my love; behold, thou *art* fair; thou *hast* doves’ eyes.* 16 Behold, thou *art* fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed *is* green. 17 The beams of our house *are* cedar, *and* our rafters of fir.* [Ecclesiastes 12](/study/ecclesiastes/12) [Song of Solomon 2](/study/song-of-solomon/2) ## Commentary To verse 1 **1. The song of songs**—The most excellent of all songs, *Hebrew* idiom ([Exodus 29:37](/kjv/exodus/29/37); [Deuteronomy 10:14](/kjv/deuteronomy/10/14)). A foretaste on earth of the "new song" to be sung in glory ([Revelation 5:9](/kjv/revelation/5/9); [Revelation 14:3](/kjv/revelation/14/3); [Revelation 15:2-4](/kjv/revelation/15/2-4)). **Solomon's**—"King of Israel," or "Jerusalem," is not added, as in the opening of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, not because Solomon had not yet ascended the throne [MOODY STUART], but because his personality is hid under that of Christ, the true Solomon (equivalent to *Prince of Peace*). The earthly Solomon is not introduced, which would break the consistency of the allegory. Though the bride bears the chief part, the Song throughout is not hers, but that of her "Solomon." He animates her. He and she, the Head and the members, form but one Christ [ADELAIDE NEWTON]. Aaron prefigured Him as priest; Moses, as prophet; David, as a suffering king; Solomon, as the triumphant prince of peace. 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