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Song of Solomon 6:4-10

King James Version (KJV)

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4. Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners. 5. Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. 6. Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and [there is] not one barren among them. 7. As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks. 8. There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9. My dove, my undefiled is [but] one; she [is] the [only] one of her mother, she [is] the choice [one] of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; [yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. 10. Who [is] she [that] looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, [and] terrible as [an army] with banners?

Song of Solomon 6:4-10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Song of Solomon 6:4

Theological / Devotional

As Tirzah. In vs. 4–10 Solomon pours forth lavish praise of his bride.

Tirzah is probably to be identified with Tell el–Fâr‘ah, some 7 mi. (11.2 km.) northeast of Shechem, in the territory of Manasseh. It was doubtless noted for its beauty.

Comely as Jerusalem. Solomon takes his own capital city in southern Palestine to illustrate the outstanding attractiveness of his bride. Jerusalem was noted for its beauty (see Ps. 48:2; 50:2; Lam. 2:15).

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