9 I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance. And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price. And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so they brought [them] by their means, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
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Commentary on Song of Songs 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of
The Song of Solomon
Chapter 1
In this chapter, after the title of the book (v. 1), we have Christ and his church, Christ and a believer, expressing their esteem for each other.
Where there is a fire of true love to Christ in the heart this will be of use to blow it up into a flame.
Sgs 1:1
We have here the title of this book, showing,
Sgs 1:2-6
The spouse, in this dramatic poem, is here first introduced addressing herself to the bridegroom and then to the daughters of Jerusalem.
Sgs 1:7-11
Here is,
Sgs 1:12-17
Here the conference is carried on between Christ and his spouse, and endearments are mutually exchanged.