1 The Song ofa1 Kgs. 4:32 Songs, which is Solomon's.
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For yourbch. 4:10 love is better than wine;
3 yourc[Luke 7:46; John 12:3] anointing oils are fragrant;
yourdEccles. 7:1 name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.
4
e[Hos. 11:4; John 6:44; 12:32] Draw me after you;fPs. 119:32; See Phil. 3:12-14 let us run.
gPs. 45:14, 15; [ch. 2:4; John 14:2; Eph. 2:6] The king has brought me into his chambers.
We willhPs. 9:2; 45:15 exult and rejoice in you;
we will extolb[See ver. 2 above] your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.
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I am very dark, butich. 2:14; 4:3; 6:4 lovely,
Ojch. 2:7; 3:5, 10, 11; 5:8, 16; 8:4; Luke 23:28 daughters of Jerusalem,
likekPs. 120:5 the tents oflIsa. 60:7 Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
Mym[Ps. 69:8] mother's sons were angry with me;
they made menJob 27:18; Prov. 27:18 keeper ofoch. 8:11, 12 the vineyards,
butp[1 Cor. 9:27] my own vineyard I have not kept!
7 Tell me, youqSee ch. 3:1-4 whom my soul loves,
where yourch. 2:16; 6:3; [Ps. 23:1-3; Ezek. 34:14, 15] pasture your flock,
where you make its[Isa. 13:20; Jer. 33:12] lie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of yourtch. 8:13 companions?
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If you do not know,
Ouch. 5:9; 6:1 most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds' tents.
9 I compare you,vSee ver. 15 my love,
tow[2 Chr. 1:16, 17] a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10 x[ch. 5:13]; See Ezek. 16:11-14 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
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We will make for you ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.
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Whiley[ver. 4] the king was on his couch,
myzch. 4:13, 14; [Mark 14:3; John 12:3] nard gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet ofaPs. 45:8; [John 19:39] myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster ofbch. 4:13 henna blossoms
in the vineyards ofc1 Sam. 23:29 Engedi.
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dch. 4:1 Behold,e[Ezek. 16:13] you are beautiful,fver. 9; ch. 2:2, 10, 13; 4:1, 7; 5:2; 6:4 my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
yourgch. 4:1; 5:12 eyes are doves.
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Behold, you are beautiful,hch. 2:3 my beloved, trulyi[2 Sam. 1:23, 26] delightful.
Our couch is green;
17 the beams of our house arejIsa. 37:24; 60:13; Ezek. 31:8 cedar;
our rafters arejIsa. 37:24; 60:13; Ezek. 31:8 pine.