By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
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It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
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Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
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They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
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King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
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He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
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Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
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Song of Solomon 3 Study & Commentary
The Shulamite recounts a night search for her Beloved through the city streets, finding him after a period of absence. The chapter concludes with a transition to the "Litter of Solomon," a majestic processional representing the glory and security of the King’s presence.
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. The Night of the Soul: The "seeking but not finding" (v. 1) represents periods of divine withdrawal used to test the soul’s fervor and persistence in prayer.2. The Pillars of Smoke: Symbolic of the Shekinah glory and the Holy Spirit’s guidance through the wilderness.
3. The Sword-Girt Valiants: Represents the angelic protection and the "Word of God" surrounding the believer’s rest in Christ.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. Persistence in Prayer: When the sense of God’s presence is lost, the soul must "rise now" and seek Him through the means of grace.2. Security in Christ: Trusting in the "heavenly Solomon" who provides a place of rest protected from the "terrors of the night."
