She cannot find him, so she searches the whole city at night and even asks the security guards. Then a royal parade rolls in: King Solomon on his wedding day, crown and all.
SONG 3:1[NOTE]A BAD NIGHT. Many think 3:1 to 5 is a dream, or a night of worry when she misses him. 5:2 to 8 is like it.
2I will arise now and go about the city,
through the streets and squares.
I will seek the one I love.
So I sought him but did not find him.
3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city:
“Have you seen the one I love?”
4I had just passed them when I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let go
until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you
by the gazelles and does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until the time is right.
SONG 3:5[NOTABLE]The refrain again: wait for the right time. See 2:7.
Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day
6Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense
from all the spices of the merchant?
SONG 3:6[NOTABLE]A king's perfumes. Many Christians see here a picture of Jesus, the King and Bridegroom, who was given myrrh and frankincense as a baby.
7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
SONG 3:7[NOTE]THE WEDDING PARADE. Solomon arrives in a royal carriage with sixty of Israel's best soldiers as guards, 3:7 to 11.
8All are skilled with the sword,
experienced in warfare.
Each has his sword at his side
prepared for the terror of the night.
9King Solomon has made his carriage
out of the timber of Lebanon.
10He has made its posts of silver,
its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric.
Its interior is inlaid with love
by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Come out, O daughters of Zion,
and gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding—
the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
SONG 3:11[NOTE]HIS MOTHER CROWNED HIM. A wedding crown, not the crown of the kingdom. Solomon's mother was Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 12:24.
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