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2018 November 17
Song of Solomon 3



Nocturnal Carousel in the Amphitheatre of the Boboli Gardens (1637)
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Baroque Style
Alberto Bruschi Collection, Grassina, Italy
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art

     [ Illustration: Today's painting presents a dream set at night in royal surroundings, similar to the setting of today's chapter. ]



SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]



     Explanation: In Song of Solomon 3, Abishag speaks of her dream about Solomon and her quest to find him. She finds him with his royal retinue and rejoices in his company.
     Abishag sought Solomon upon her bed (in a dream); but she did not find him (1). She arose (either in her dream, or in actuality) and went about the city, in the streets and the squares, seeking him whom her soul loved; but she found him not (2). The watchmen who went about the city found her; and she asked if they had seen him whom her soul loved (3). Shortly after she left them, she found him whom her soul loved; she held him and would not let him go, until she had brought him to her mother's house, into her chamber (4). She charged the daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that they not stir up or awaken love (or her beloved) until it (or he) pleases (5).
     Abishag sees something and asks what it is which is coming from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with the fragrant powders of a merchant (6). She sees Solomon's litter with sixty valiant men of Israel surrounding it (7). They are holding swords and were expert in war because of fear in the night (8). Solomon's chariot was made from the wood of Lebanon (9). Its posts were silver; its back of gold; its seat was purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem (10). Abishag commands the daughters of Zion to go out and look at Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart (11).


     [ Sermons: Vern Picknally 1. Vern Picknally 2. Various. ]




Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation

[Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].

[Post Exile Chronology 1. Post Exile Chronology 2. Post Exile Chronology 3.]

[Prophets Chronology 1. Prophets Chronology 2. Prophets Chronology 3. Prophets Chronology 4.]

[Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3.
Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.]

[New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.]




RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Song of Solomon 3: Song of Solomon 2. Song of Solomon 4. Song of Solomon 5. ]
[1] Song of Solomon 1:7; Song of Solomon 5:5, 8.
[2] Psalm 22:1-2.
[3] Song of Solomon 5:7.
[4] Song of Solomon 6:12.
[5] Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 8:4.
[6] Song of Solomon 8:5.
[7] Song of Solomon 3:9.
[8] Psalm 45:3.
[9] Song of Solomon 3:7.
[10] Psalm 87:3.
[11] Song of Solomon 7:11; Song of Solomon 8:5.
     -- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge & Others ]


          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). PROVERBS: Book of Proverbs. ECCLESIASTES: Book of Ecclesiastes Dramatized. SONG OF SOLOMON: Song of Solomon Dramatized. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]



HARMONY OF THE LAW


John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB




GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)



HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES


Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Download - Scripture 4 All

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible


Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear


Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible





Song of Solomon Detailed Outline

Note: Around 968 Solomon thwarted an attempted coup by his brother who wanted to marry Abishag the Shunammite (Shulamite) and thereby have a claim to the throne. Solomon may have married her instead, and this poem may celebrate their love, and it may be a symbol of Israel's love for the house of David.

Song of Solomon 3


Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology.


The Second Quest (Continued) - Love Sought & Found in the Country (2:8 - 3:5)
(b. Man Invites Woman to Countryside -- 2:8-17)

(c. Woman's Night Search for the Man -- 3:1-5)

Abishag (3:1-5)

1 By night on my bed
I sought [this one] -- him whom my soul loveth:
I sought him,
but I found him not.
2 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.
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me:
to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4 It was but a little that I passed from them,
but [then] I found [this one] -- him whom my soul loveth:
I held him,
and would not let him go,
until I had [then] brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5 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 [this] my love,
till [whenever] he please.


The Third Quest - Love Sought & Found in the City (3:6 - 5:1)
(d. Their Wedding Day -- 3:6 - 5:1)

Abishag (3:6-11)

6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness
like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
with all powders of the merchant?
7 Behold his bed,
which is Solomon's;
threescore valiant men are about it,
of the valiant of Israel.
8 They all hold swords,
being expert in war:
every man hath his sword upon his thigh
because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a chariot
of the wood of Lebanon.
10 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.
11 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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