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A Compliment of Stately Beauty
While comparing a beloved to a horse may seem odd to modern readers, commentators explain this was a high compliment in the ancient world. Citing other ancient poets, they note that a fine mare, especially one from Pharaoh's renowned collection, was a symbol of supreme beauty, strength, and majesty. The image is meant to convey the stately and imposing character of the beloved's beauty.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 1:9–14
18th Century
Theologian
Ancient commentators, both Jewish and Christian, have regarded this section and the next (Song of Solomon 1:15–2:7) as expressing the "…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 1:9
19th Century
Bishop
Company of horses. —So Vulgate, equitatus, but Heb. susah is more properly mare, as in Septuagint, Τῇ ἵππῳ μ…
Charles Spurgeon
On Song Of Solomon 1:9
19th Century
Preacher
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice…
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John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 1:9
17th Century
Pastor
I have compared you, O my love
The church having taken the direction of Christ, had now found him, and was with him;…
Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 1:9–17
17th Century
Minister
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…