Song of Solomon 6

Song of Solomon 6:1

6:1 By this time the daughters of Jerusalem really want to see this paragon of male beauty. They ask where they might seek him with her. 6:2, 3 The maiden’s answer is purposely vague and evasivehe “has gone to his garden.” Why should she tell them? She belongs to him, he belongs to her, and that’s the way she intends it to remain!

Song of Solomon 6:4

XIII. SOLOMON RENEWS HIS AMOROUS APPEALS (6:4-10)Solomon appears again and tries to woo her. Using middle-eastern imagery, he raves over her facial beauty; much of what he says is a repeat of Son_4:1-3. In his mind, she surpassed sixty queens, eighty concubines, and numberless virgins. Not only was she her mother’s favorite, but the queens, concubines, and maidens all praised her, saying, “Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?”

Song of Solomon 6:11

XIV. SHE EXPLAINS TO THE COURT LADIES THE UNEXPECTED WAY IN WHICH SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE PALACE (6:11-13)6:11, 12 The Shulamite deflects Solomon’s overtures with an obscure explanation, perhaps of how the king’s chariot came by while she was in the field checking the fruit and garden of nuts. The king’s subsequent interest in taking her to the palace in Jerusalem was nothing that she had planned or even desired. 6:13 As she starts to leave, either Solomon and the daughters of Jerusalem or his friends call her back for another look at her beauty. But she asks why they would want to look on anyone as ordinary as she. The last line in the verse is difficult. The two camps (Heb. Mahanaim) that the Shulamite speaks of may well be a dance in which two groups of dancers weave in and out with one another.