Song of Solomon

(Answers)

 

Updated 12/2023

 

Chapter 1

 

  1. The groom's love was better than wine.
  2. The bride was tanned because she was forced by her family to keep the vineyards.

 

Chapter 2

 

  1. The bride is a lily among thorns. The bridegroom is an apple tree among the forest. Each surpasses all others.

 

Chapter 3

 

  1. The bride had unfulfilled love but then finds her love and is satisfied.
  2. Solomon made a royal chair on which he could be carried outside the palace.

 

Chapter 4

 

  1. He describes her beauty with the beautiful and pleasant things of the earth. She is fair and without spot.
  2. The bride was from Lebanon.

 

Chapter 5

 

  1. The bride is so lovesick it is unbearable to be away from her beloved.
  2. The bride describes the handsomeness of her beloved, the delight of his body, and his scent like a bed of spices.

 

Chapter 6

 

  1. The beloved praises the beauty of his love. Even the queens and concubines praise her.

 

Chapter 7

 

  1. The beloved praises the physical beauty of his bride.
  2. The bride is ready to give herself physically to her beloved.

 

Chapter 8

 

  1. The love of her beloved was more valuable than all the wealth he may have.
  2. Her brothers would uphold and protect her purity if she became weak.
  3. The bride surrenders not only herself but also her possessions to her love. (A dowry paid for her and to those who guarded her.)