Song of Solomon 8:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 8:11

Song of Solomon 8:11 . Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon A place, according to Aben-ezra, not far from Jerusalem, where many persons had vineyards. He let out the vineyard unto keepers To farmers or tenants: to how many is not said; but the text supposes to several. Every one for the fruit was to bring a thousand of silver That is, shekels, supposed to be in value about two shillings and four pence halfpenny each: as much as to say, it brought him a vast revenue yearly. The words... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 8:5-14

At home with family and friends (8:5-14)The final poem sees the lovers walking along the road on their way home (5a). As they approach the house, the girl is reminded that the place where they fell in love was the garden of the home where her lover was born (5b). She then praises the power of love that binds her to him. True love demands total possession of each by the other. It is indestructible and beyond value (6-7).The girl recalls the words of her older brothers when she was only in her... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 8:11

Solomon. The Shulamite, in demanding her reward, gives her reasons. Baal-hamon. Not yet identified. keepers = husbandmen: i.e. tenants. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Song of Solomon 8:11

THE SHULAMITE'S INDEPENDENCE OF SOLOMONFor these two verses, we shall use the following version:"Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;But let out the vineyard to keepers;Each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.My vineyard, my very own, is for myself,'You, O Solomon, may have the thousand,And the keepers of the fruit two hundred."[15]What is the Shulamite's vineyard? "The whole spirit of this passage justifies the view that she is speaking of her own person."[16] Granting... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 8:11

11. The joint Church speaks of Jesus Christ's vineyard. Transference of it from the Jews, who rendered not the fruits, as is implied by the silence respecting any, to the Gentiles ( :-). Baal-hamon—equivalent to the owner of a multitude; so Israel in Solomon's day ( :-); so Isaiah 5:1, "a very fruitful hill" abounding in privileges, as in numbers. thousand pieces—namely, silverlings, or shekels. The vineyard had a thousand vines probably; a vine at a silverling (Isaiah 7:23), referring to this... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 8:5-14

Memories. The Close5. The chorus enquire who this happy bride may be. And the bridegroom points her to the apple-tree where he had once found her asleep, and to the spot where she was born. These are lovers’ reminiscences, sweet to them, trivial to others.6, 7. Her passionate clinging to him, and her assertion of the irresistibleness, the indestructibleness, the unselfishness of genuine love.6. She would fain be as inseparable from him as the seal-cylinder, which men wore on a cord round the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Song of Solomon 8:11-12

(11, 12) Solomon had a vineyard . . .—Here the poet repeats the sentiment of Song of Solomon 6:8-9—the contrast of his love for one chosen bride with the state of feeling and morality fostered by polygamy. But while in the former passage the contrast lay in number only, here it lies also in the value which comes to be set on the possession. Any one member of the harem of Solomon is no dearer to him than one of his many vineyards, which has to be cultivated by hirelings (perhaps with allusion to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Song of Solomon 8:1-14

The First and Greatest Commandment Song of Solomon 8:3 I. See how every power of the mind is embraced by, and concerned in, this love: how the head and the heart, knowledge and feeling, the understanding and the will, are all swallowed up by it. And yet, the very text tells us which is of more value in the Lord's sight. Just as the Seraphim, that are on fire with love, hold a more exalted estate than the Cherubim, that are perfect in knowledge so here 'His left hand should be under my head,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 8:1-14

MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONSTHUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, those words must be approached through their primary physical meanings. This is essential even to the understanding of pure allegory such as that of "The Faerie Queene" and "The Pilgrim’s Progress"; we must understand the adventures of the Red Cross Knight and the course of Christian’s journey before... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Song of Solomon 8:1-14

CHAPTER 8 The last chapter of the Song is a review of the whole. There is unquestionably a recapitulation of the entire book. The bride’s desires are once more given to be loved and caressed by Him. For the last time we have the charge to the daughters of Jerusalem and once more the coming is announced. “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her Beloved?” She returns with Him. The Beloved is mentioned seven times in the book. There is the voice of the Beloved (Song of... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 8:11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 8:5-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 8:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Song of Solomon 8:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 8:11

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 8:5-14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Song of Solomon 8:11-12

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Song of Solomon 8:1-14

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 8:1-14

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Song of Solomon 8:1-14

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