My beloved is white and ruddy. Compare 1 Samuel 16:12 and Daniel 7:9. This was the complexion most admired in youth. Jewish in…

Chief.—Margin: a standard bearer; Hebrew dagûl, a participle of a word occurring in Psalms 20:5, where the Autho…

My beloved [is] white and ruddy
This, and the following verses, contain the church's answer to the question of the d…

Even those who have little acquaintance with Christ, cannot but see amiable beauty in others who bear his image. There are hopes of those who begin…