Ancient commentators, both Jewish and Christian, have regarded this section and the next (Song of Solomon 1:2–15:7) as expre ing the "l…

Camphire. — Margin: cypress; Hebrew: côpher. There is no doubt of the identity of this plant with the Henna<…

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet…

My beloved [is] to me [as] a cluster of camphire in the
vineyards of Engedi .
Engedi …

The Bridegroom gives high praise to His spouse. In the sight of Christ, believers are the excellent of the earth, equipped to be instruments for pr…