John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 6:12
Or ever one was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. These are either the words of the church or of Christ, saying, "I know not" F25 לא ידעתי ουκ εγνω , Sept. "nescivi", V. L. "non novi", Montanus. as the first clause may be rendered: if the words of the church, the sense may be, that though she knew not where her beloved was gone, when he went from her, yet she ran about in search of him as swiftly as the chariots of Amminadib; and when she did know that he... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 6:11-16
Christ having now returned to his spouse, and the breach being entirely made up, and the falling out of these lovers being the renewing of love, Christ here gives an account both of the distance and of the reconciliation. I. That when he had withdrawn from his church as his spouse, and did not comfort her, yet even then he had his eye upon it as his garden, which he took care of (Song 6:11): ?I went down into the garden of nuts, or nutmegs, to see the fruits of the valley, with complacency and... read more