Charles Ellicott Commentary Song Of Solomon 2:4

"He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love." — Song Of Solomon 2:4 (ASV)

Banqueting house. — Margin: 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 with wine is still in the thought. (Compare Tennyson’s “The new strong wine of love.”)

And his banner ... —that is, “and there I felt the sweet sense of a tender protecting love.”