Song of Solomon 1:2 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2-6

The spouse, in this dramatic poem, is here first introduced addressing herself to the bridegroom and then to the daughters of Jerusalem. I. To the bridegroom, not giving him any name or title, but beginning abruptly: Let him kiss me; like Mary Magdalen to the supposed gardener (John 20:15), If thou have borne him hence, meaning Christ, but not naming him. The heart has been before taken up with the thoughts of him, and to this relative those thoughts were the antecedent, that good matter which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth ,.... That is, Solomon; Christ, the antitype of Solomon, the church's beloved; or it is a relative without an antecedent, which was only in her own mind, "let him"; him, whom her thoughts were so much employed about; her affections were so strongly after; and whose image was as it were before her, present to her mind: and "the kisses of his mouth", she desires, intend some fresh manifestations and discoveries of his love to her; by some precious... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me, etc. - She speaks of the bridegroom in the third person, to testify her own modesty, and to show him the greater respect. Thy love is better than wine - The versions in general translate דדיך dodeyca , thy breasts; and they are said to represent, spiritually, the Old and New Testaments. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:1-4

The prologue. I. THE INSCRIPTION . 1 . The title. We are told ( 1 Kings 4:1-34 :82) that the songs of Solomon were a thousand and five. This is the chief of all, the Song of Songs. It stands alone in the Old Testament. It is a pastoral drama of singular loveliness. It shows a delight in the beauties of nature such as we might look for in him who "spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; of beasts also, and of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:1-4

The Bridegroom and the bride. Love's native language is poetry. When strong and happy feeling dominates the soul, it soon bursts into a song. As young life in a fruit tree breaks out into leaf and blossom, so the spiritual force of love unfolds in metaphor and music. Among the lyrics composed by King David, those which celebrate the Messiah-Prince have the richest glory of fervour, blossom most into Oriental imagery; and inasmuch as Solomon inherited somewhat the poetic genius of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Whether we take these words as put in the lips of the bride herself, or of the chorus as identifying themselves with her, is of little consequence. It is certain that the idea intended to be expressed is that of delight in the approach of the royal bridegroom. The future is used optatively, "Let me be taken up into the closest fellowship and embrace." All attempts to dispense with the amatory phraseology are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2

Love better than wine. The desire of the soul awakened to the higher life is a desire which earth cannot satisfy; it is a desire for God, for the manifestations of Divine favour, the proofs of Divine affection. As one has said, "The Christian is not satisfied, like Mary, to kiss the Master's feet; he would kiss the Master's face." The enjoyment of God's kindness enkindles a desire for more knowledge of God, a closer intercourse with God. This is the result of a sense—an imperfect but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2-4

Desire after God. Translated into language more congenial to our ordinary Christian thought, these verses may be taken as a parabolic setting forth of the blessed truth contained in the well known words of the psalm, "My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?" It surely would be speaking blasphemy, and an abasement of the Bible, if we were to look on the sensuous words with which these verses begin as meaning nothing more than they say in their... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 1:2-4

the prologue. - The Song commences with two stanzas in praise of the king (now absent) by a chorus of virgins belonging to the royal household. Expositors, Jewish and Christian, interpret the whole as spoken by the Church of the heavenly Bridegroom.Song of Solomon 1:2Let him kiss me - Christian expositors have regarded this as a prayer of the Church under the old covenant for closer communion with the Godhead through the Incarnation. Thus, Gregory: “Every precept of Christ received by the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 1:2

Song of Solomon 1:2. Let him kiss me The beginning is abrupt; but is suitable to, and usual in, writings of this nature, wherein things are not related in a historical and exquisite order, but that which was first done is brought in, as it were, accidentally, after many other passages; as we see in Homer, and Virgil, and others. These are the words of the spouse, wherein she breathes forth her passionate love to the bridegroom, whom she does not name; because it was needless, as being so... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 1:2-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 1:2-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 1:2

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