Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Song of Songs 2

Sng 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

lily among thorns

How poor are the similes of the bride as compared with those of the Bridegroom. To Him she is a "lily among thorns; she can only say that He is "as the apple tree among the trees of the wood."

Sng 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

his fruit

Rev 22:1, 2.

Sng 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

His left hand is under my head

Sng 8:3.

Sng 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

I charge you

Sng 3:5; 8:4.

Sng 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

our wall

"Our wall." The bride had returned to her own home: the Bridegroom seeks her.

shewing

Heb. flourishing.

Sng 2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Arise, my love

Sng 2:10.

Sng 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

my dove

There is beautiful order here.

• First we have what the bride is as seen in Christ, "My dove." In herself most faulty; in Him "blameless and harmless" (Phl 2:15), the very character of the dove.
• Then the bride's place of safety, "in the clefts of the rock"—hidden, so to speak, in the wounds of Christ.
• Thirdly, her privilege. "Stairs" speaks of access. It is not "secret places," as in A.V., but "the secret of the stairs"—the way and privilege of access to His presence (Eph 2:18; Col 3:1; Heb 10:19-22).
• Fourthly, the order of approach: she is to come near before she speaks, "Let me see thy countenance," then "Let me hear thy voice."
• Lastly, now that she is near and has spoken, He speaks a tender word of admonition: "Take us the foxes," etc.

in the secret places of the stairs

Omit places.

Sng 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

the foxes

Psa 80:13; Eze 13:4; Luk 13:32.

Sng 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

My beloved is mine

Sng 6:3; 7:10.

Sng 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Until the day break

Sng 4:6.

like a roe or a young hart

Sng 2:9; Sng 8:14.