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The Song of Solomon is a poetic wisdom composition in the tradition of Solomon (Song 1:1), along with works such as Ecclesiastes and Proverbs. The grammar of the song’s title in Hebrew (“Song of Songs”) is superlative, meaning “the best song,” just like “King of kings” or “Lord of lords.”
Song of Solomon Overview Chart. View Chuck Swindoll's chart of Song of Solomon, which divides the book into major sections and highlights themes and key verses.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 - “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
The interpretation of the Song of Songs which sees the poem as a dramatisation of an eternal love triangle between a shepherd, his peasant wife, and the king who wishes to take the wife into his harem, stems from this section.
The name "Song of Songs" is an absolute comparison in the Hebrew and means as much as the most beautiful song. The first verse already mentions Solomon as author. We find this mentioned seven times (chap. 1:1+5; 3:7+9+11; 8:11+12) and besides three times the title "King" (chap. 1:4+12; 7:6).
Song of Solomon is one of two books in the Bible that don’t mention God. Solomon uses many analogies in the song of songs to describe his bride, comparing her cheeks to pomegranates and her hair to a flock of goats, to name a few.
The Song of Songs (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים, romanized: Šīr hašŠīrīm), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh.