Song of Solomon 2:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3-7

Here, I. The spouse commends her beloved and prefers him before all others: As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, which perhaps does not grow so high, nor spread so wide, as some other trees, yet is useful and serviceable to man, yielding pleasant and profitable fruit, while the other trees are of little use, no, not the cedars themselves, till they are cut down, so is my beloved among the sons, so far does he excel them all,?all the sons of God, the angels (that honour was put upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons ,.... As the apple tree, in a garden or orchard, excels and is preferable to the wild barren trees of a forest F11 "Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi", Virgil. Bucolic. Eclog. 1. v. 26. "Lenta salix", &c.; Eclog. 5. v. 16. , especially it appears so when laden with choice fruit; so the church, who here returns the commendation to Christ, asserts, that he as much excels all the "sons", the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:3

As the apple tree - The bride returns the compliment, and says, As the apple or citron tree is among the trees of the wood, so is the bridegroom among all other men. I sat down under his shadow - I am become his spouse, and my union with him makes me indescribably happy. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:1-7

Converse of the bridegroom and the bride continued. I. THE VOICE OF THE BRIDE . 1 . The rose of Sharon. They were sitting, it seems, in a forest glade at the foot of some lofty cedar, sheltered by its embowering branches; beneath was their grassy seat, bright with many flowers. The bride feels that she is as one of those fair flowers in the bridegroom's eyes. "I am the rose of Sharon," she says, in her artless acceptance of the bridegroom's loving approval. We cannot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. That these are the words of the bride there can be no doubt. The apple tree is noted for the fragrance of its blossom and the sweetness of its fruit; hence the name tappuach, from the root naphach, "to breathe sweetly." The trees of the wood or forest are specially referred to, because they are generally wild, and their fruit... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

His shadow. St. Bernard takes this as telling of the Passion of Christ, and especially of the time when, as he hung on the cross, there was "darkness over all the land." Now, it does not mean this, but rather, as the whole context of the verso tells, of the cool shelter from the sun's fierce heat and glare which the speaker enjoyed beneath the o'erarching of the boughs of the tree under which she had seated herself. Hence it tells of "the shadow of the Almighty," of which Psalms 91:1-16... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

The pre-eminence of Immanuel. In Eastern lands, far more than in Western, men are dependent on ripe fruit to allay their hunger. A man may walk all day among the oaks of Bashan or among the cedars of Lebanon, and find no food. To discover an apple tree or a citron tree among the trees of the forest would come as a surprise—as a meal direct from Heaven. Equally true is it that men wander from teacher to teacher, from one religious system to another, in quest of saving knowledge, and find it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

Shadow and fruit. Pleasant was it at noon to quit the close tent pitched upon the open plain, and to seek the shelter of the spreading tree; pleasant, beneath this refuge from the scorching heat, to partake of the cool and juicy fruit plucked from its boughs. No wonder that the Church has delighted to find in the apple or citron tree, chief in value among the trees of the grove, an emblem of that "Plant of Renown," the Lord and Saviour himself, who has sheltered multitudes beneath his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:3-7

The bride’s answer: “As the ‘tappuach’ with its fragrant fruit excels the barren trees of the wild wood, so my beloved his associates and friends etc.” תפוח tappûach may in early Hebrew have been a generic name for apple, quince, citron, orange etc.Song of Solomon 2:4His banner - As the standard is the rallying-point and guide of the individual soldier, so the bride, transplanted from a lowly station to new scenes of unaccustomed splendor, finds support and safety in the known attachment of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 2:3

Song of Solomon 2:3. As the apple-tree Whose fruit is very pleasant and wholesome; among the trees of the wood Which are barren. I sat down under his shadow I confidently reposed myself under his protection. His fruit was sweet to my taste The benefits which I received by him, namely, remission of sins, faith, grace, and assurance of glory. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:3-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 2:3

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