Song of Solomon 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Song of Solomon 4:13 to Song of Solomon 5:1. The Bride as a Garden. The charms of the bride are now described under the figure of the fruits of the garden.

Song of Solomon 4:16 gives the gracious invitation of the bride to the lover, who in such enthusiastic terms has praised her beauty.

Song of Solomon 5:1 declares his ready acceptance and his call to friends to enjoy similar delights,

Song of Solomon 5:1

1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly,a O beloved.