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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 3 In this chapter an account is given of an adventure of the church, in quest of her beloved; of the time when, and places where, and the persons of whom she sought him; and of her success upon the whole; with a charge she give to the daughters of Jerusalem, So 3:1; by whom she is commended, So 3:6; and then Christ, her beloved, is described by her; by his bed, and...
John Gill
[It was] but a little that I passed from them,.... Either a small moment of time, as the Targum and Aben Ezra; or a little distance of place, that is, from the watchmen or ministers, from whom she passed; not through disrespect to them, much less contempt of them; nor because she received no benefit at all from them; but her going on shows she did not rest in means, but looked beyond them, and...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, I. The church gives an account of a sore trial wherewith she was exercised through the withdrawing of her beloved from her, the pains she was at before she recovered the comfortable sense of his favour again, and the resolution she took, when she did recover it, not to lose it again, as she had done through her own carelessness, ver. 1-5. II. The daughters of Jerusalem admire the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Jacob’s wrestlings are succeeded by Jacob’s vows. Son_3:4. Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. Fellowship that is sweet to me must be sweet to others of my brethren; therefore, will I bring him to the church, and tell to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my...