Albert Barnes Commentary Song Of Solomon 4:8

"Come with me from Lebanon, [my] bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions` dens, From the mountains of the leopards." — Song Of Solomon 4:8 (ASV)

The order and arrangement of the words in the Hebrew is grand and significant: With me from Lebanon, O bride, with me from Lebanon you will come, you will look around (or wander forth) from the height (literally “head”) of Amana, from the height of Shenir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountain-haunts of leopards.

This is clearly a solemn invitation from the king, similar in sense to what is found in Psalm 45:10-11. The four peaks named are all in the same mountain system and serve as a poetic description of northern Palestine, the region of the bride’s native home.

1. Amana (or Abana, 2 Kings 5:12), the part of the Anti-Lebanon range that overlooks Damascus.
2. Shenir or Senir, another peak of the same range. According to Deuteronomy 3:9, this was the Amorite name for Hermon, but it is spoken of here and in 1 Chronicles 5:23 as distinct from it.
3. Hermon, the celebrated mountain that is the highest point of the Anti-Lebanon range, on the northeastern border of the Holy Land.
4. Lebanon, properly the western range overlooking the Mediterranean, but used here as a general name for the entire mountain system.

Leopards are still seen there not infrequently, but the lion has long since disappeared.