The books of scripture-history and prophecy are very much like
one another, but this Song of Solomon’s is very much unlike the
songs of his father David; here is not the name of God in it; it is never
quoted in the New Testament; we find not in it any expressions of
natural religion or pious devotion, no, nor is it introduced by vision,
or any of the marks of immediate revelation. It seems as hard as any
part of scripture to be made a savour of life unto life, nay, and to
those who come to the reading of it with carnal minds and corrupt
affections, it is in danger of being made a savour of death unto
death; it is a flower out of which they extract poison; and therefore
the Jewish doctors advised their young people not to read it till they
were thirty years old, lest by the abuse of that which is most pure
and sacred - the flames of lust should be kindled with fire from
heaven, which is intended for the altar only.
~ Puritan Commentator Matthew Henry
I give warning and advice to everyone who is not yet
free of the vexations of flesh and blood and who has
not withdrawn from the desire for corporeal nature
that he completely abstain from reading this book
and what is said about it. Indeed, they say that the
Hebrews observe the rule that unless some one has
attained a perfect and mature age, he is not even
permitted to hold this book in his hands.
Origin (185-254)
I. Setting the CONTEXT of the Book
A. The PLACEMENT in
the Bible.
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It is part of what is called the 5 Books of
poetry in your Old testament.
• 1. The Book of Job—Finding God in our
Suffering.
• 2. The Psalms—Praise through Prayer.
• 3. The Proverbs—Practicality through
Precept.
• 4. Ecclesiastes—Key to life in reverse
order.
• 5. Song of Solomon—Seeing our
relationship with Christ.
A. The PLACEMENT in
the Bible.
B. The PATTERN in
which it is written
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 Over 50% of the Old Testament was written in
poetry form
• Our KJV is written in what is know as prose.
Prose is the most typical form of language,
which literally translates as 'straight-forward.
• Poetry is language spoken or written
according to some pattern of recurrence that
emphasizes relationships between words on
the basis of sound as well as meaning. The
English pattern is almost always a rhythm or
metre (regular pattern of sound units)
• However the Hebrew form of poetry is done
in a what is know as parallelism, in which the
words of two or more lines of text are
directly related in some way. (Proverbs)
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 These style of writings were designed to be sung
with emotion.
 Songs and poetry was designed to be emotional.
• Moses and the children of Israel after the Red
sea.
• Deborah and children of Israel in Judges
• Hannah after the birth of Samuel
• Book of Psalms (palming)
 Modern day
• Sound of Music, Greece, Westside story,
High school musical
• Love songs (Our song)
• Weddings songs
A. The PLACEMENT in
the Bible.
B. The PATTERN in
which it is written
C. The PENMAN of the
book
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 The Title:
• The Song of Songs which is Solomon’s (vs.1)
• The Song of Solomon (KJV short hand)
• Lord of Lords, King of Kings ,Vanity of Vanities
• The best Song ever written
 The Author:
• The title alone makes obvious
• He is mentioned 7 times in the book.
• (1Ki 4:32) And he spake three thousand
proverbs: and his songs were a thousand
and five.
A. The PLACEMENT in
the Bible.
B. the PATTERN in
which it is written
C. The PENMAN of the
book
D. The PRESENT
connection with modern
Jewish ceremony
"The Song of Solomon is the
first of the five Megilloth, the
five scrolls read by the Jews at
various feasts: The Song of
Solomon (8th day Passover),
Ruth (Pentecost), Ecclesiastes
(Tabernacle), Esther (Purim),
and Lamentations
(anniversary of the destruction
of Jerusalem).
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Rabbi Akiba: "Perish the
thought! No man of Israel
ever disputed about the
Song of Songs, that it did
not defile the hands. The
whole world is not worth
the day on which the Song
of Songs was given to
Israel, for all the
Scriptures are holy, but
the Song of Songs is the
Holy of Holies…
I. Setting the CONTEXT of the Book
II. Viewing the CORRECT applications of the book
A. The PROPER historical
in application.
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 This is not a episode of an early soap opera or
skit or even a play. This is the story of a real living
couple and the way they meet
 There is a real Shulamite girl, that married the
King of Israel
 Now Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines;
therefore there is a lot of options
 What we know is that her only identity is from the
place of origin and that she is name less
 Maybe the Virtuous Women in Proverbs
A. The PROPER historical
in application.
B. The PROPHETIC
doctrinal application
Ps. 45
A. The PROPER historical
in application.
B. The PROPHETIC
doctrinal application
C. The PERSONAL
devotional application
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 From a personal level this book would apply to
your relationship with your earthly spouse.
 Eph. 5
I. Setting the CONTEXT of the Book
II. Viewing the CORRECT applications of the book
III. Understanding the literary CHARACTERISTICS of the
book
A. The historical
PRACTICE for a King’s
wedding
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 Through the centuries we have lost our
knowledge of the customs of the marriage
ceremonies of the Kings in the east.
 Till the 1800’s when the discovery of ancient
records revealed the way a king’s wedding was
practice
 The wedding would last a total of 7 days and on
the 4th day the King and his bride would act out a
melodrama of there court ship. And it was never
in Chronologic order.
 But to the guest that know them it would make
since, by piecing it together
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 When these Melodramas were written down , it
would be a form of writing called “idylls”
 These “idylls”are poem, or more accurately
several short poems combined into one. An idyll
is a little picture. It is a short pictorial poem; a
short descriptive or narrative poem. The Song of
Solomon is not a consecutive story.
 With this in mind these lyric idylls may with
perfect decorum, pick on different parts of the
story, passing from the later to the earlier, without
restriction to the order of time.
 The other confusion is that the bride groom and
the bride are not the only people speaking or
singing. There are those that sing choruses
I. Setting the CONTEXT of the Book
II. Viewing the CORRECT applications of the book
III. Understanding the literary CHARACTERISTICS of the
book
IV. Getting to know the main CHARACTERS of the book
A. The PRETTY bride
(Son 6:13) Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return,
that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the
Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
(1Ki 1:3) So they sought for a fair damsel
throughout all the coasts of Israel, and
found Abishag a Shunammite, and
brought her to the king.
(2Ki 4:12) And he said to Gehazi his
servant, Call this Shunammite. And when
he had called her, she stood before him.
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 She has a mother still living (3:4)
 She has a little sister that has not reached puberty.
(8:8)
 She is from an aristocratic family (8:12)
 She is drop dead gorgeous. (6:8)
 She has committed a sin where she was punished
(1:6)
 Vineyard keepers and Shepherds were of the
lowest degree of people
A. The PRETTY bride
B. The POOR shepherd
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 Chapter 1:7
 This shepherd is out looking for a new field in
which to lead his sheep to graze and he comes
and makes eye contact with the most gorgeous
women he has ever seen and he breaks out in
song (4:12-15)
 This is the picture of Christ during his 1st coming
 (Joh 10:27-28) My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them, and they follow me: And I give unto
them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
A. The PRETTY bride
B. The POOR shepherd
C. The Powerful King
Solomon
(Son 3:6) Who is this that cometh out
of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
with all powders of the merchant?
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(Son 3:7) Behold his bed, which is
Solomon's; threescore valiant men are
about it, of the valiant of Israel.
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The 1st times she meets him he
has left the throne of his father
and went out to attend to the
sheep
But the 2nd time he meets her,
she is sees him as the king with
his army coming to get her for
the marriage.
A. The PRETTY bride
B. The POOR shepherd
C. The Powerful King
D. The PRINCESSES of
Jerusalem
The Repetitive Chorus
(Son 2:7) I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the
roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor
awake my love, till he please.
(Son 3:5) I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the
roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor
awake my love, till he please.
(Son 8:4) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir
not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
The Theme Of
The Song Of Solomon
 (Son
1:4) Draw me, we will run
after thee: the king hath
brought me into his chambers:
we will be glad and rejoice in
thee, we will remember thy love
more than wine: the upright
love thee.
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