“ He brought me to the banquetingb house, and his banner over me was love. ”
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 b...
Mutual Praise and Praise of Love. The bride sets herself forth as the Rose ( meadow saffron or crocus ) of Sharon (or the plain ) and the Lily ( scarlet anemone? ) of the valley. To this the lov...
banqueting house . vine-arbour or vineyard-bower. his banner over me was love . he overshaded me with love; degel, from dagal, to shade; then an ensign because of the shade it gives and protec...
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. He brought me to the banqueting house - Literally, the house of wine. The ancients preserved their wine, not in barrels or da...
He brought me to the banqueting-house— O bring me into the banqueting-house: spread the banner of love over me. I rather choose, with the LXX, to translate the word in the imperative mood, becaus...
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. He brought me to the banqueting house - Hebrew, 'house of wine.' Historically fulfilled in the joy of Simeon and Anna i...
The Ardent Affection of the Lovers 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers.
Banqueting house. — Marg., house of wine; not the cellar of the palace, nor the banqueting hall of Solomon, nor the vineyard, but simply the place of the delights of love. The comparison of love...
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may...
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Various have been the opinions of pious men, what is meant by this banqueting house of Jesus. Some have supposed it to mean th...
He brought me to the banqueting house ,.... Or "into" it q. The "house of wine" r, as it is literally in the original; either the "wine cellar" s, as some, where stores of it were kept; or, the "pla...
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love. Ver. 4. He brought me to the banqueting house. ] Heb., To the house of wine, where he giveth me that which is better tha...
He brought me to the banqueting-house The places in which believers received the graces and blessings of Christ. His banner over me By the lifting up whereof I was invited to come to him, and to...
The Love of the Church to Christ. 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I...
Banqueting-house, Heb. house of wine , or, by a common synecdoche, of feasting. By which he understands the places in which, or the means and instruments by which, believers receive the graces and...
“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. He brought me to the banqueting...
Notes Song of Solomon 2:4 : His banner over me was love . ‘His banner,’ דִּגְלוֹ ( diglo ), from דֶּגֶל ( degel ), a military standard. The SEPTUAGINT and VULGATE read the word as a verb; the f...
Song of Solomon 2:4 In estimating the blessedness of any creature, you must never forget that there is a certain faculty of enjoyment which is itself the gift of God. And have we not here at once...
We believe that this song sets forth the mutual love of Christ and his believing people. It is a book of deep mystery, not to be understood except by the initiated; but those who have learnt a life o...
Song of Solomon 2:1 . Sharon was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 65:10 . Song of Solomon 2:6 . His left hand is under my head, conferring...
He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love. The Christian’s position of privilege It is a great thing to be a Christian. It is a great thing in view of the personal...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 2:2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My lo...
The Mutual Love of Christ and the Church. The Bride Protests the Fervor of her Love
Esther 7:7 ; Isaiah 11:10 ; Job 1:10 ; John 14:21-23 ; John 15:9-15 ; Psalms 60:4 ; Psalms 63:2-5 ; Psalms 84:10 ; Revelation 3:20 ; Romans 5:8-10 ; Romans 8:28-39 ; Song of Solomon 1:1 ;...
Banquetting house — The places in which believers receive the graces and blessings of Christ. His banner — By the lifting up whereof I was invited to come to him, and to list myself under him. Love...