--- title: "Song of Solomon 1 - Study King James Bible with the biblical illustrator" description: "Read Song of Solomon 1 with the biblical illustrator 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/the-biblical-illustrator/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 [Song of Solomon 1:1](/kjv/song-of-solomon/1/1) *The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.* **The Song of Solomon** The**Song of Songs is Solomon’s, as composed by the wisest of men, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and Solomon’s also as composed concerning the true Solomon the Prince of Peace, of whom the son of David was an eminent type. It belongs to the earthly Solomon, as the skilful work of his hands; to the heavenly Solomon, as the utterance of his heart to the Church, and of the heart of the Church towards him. (*A. 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