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My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother`s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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A Defense of Monogamy
Commentators see this verse as a powerful endorsement of monogamy. In a royal court with many queens and concubines, the speaker declares his beloved is "but one." Her unique status is so compelling that even her rivals praise her, highlighting the superiority and beauty of a singular, devoted marital relationship.
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Song Of Solomon
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The section might be entitled, “Renewed declaration of love after brief estrangement.”
Tirzah... Jerusalem. In[Reference Song of Solo…
19th Century
Anglican
My dove ... is but one. —“While the monarch’s loves are so many, one is mine, my dove, my perfect one: o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one
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