Summary: Also sometimes title The Song of Songs, things start out with lots of kissing in this poetic drama of devoted love. Metaphors of fragrant oil and wine are used to describe the intensity of feeling and desire. They seem to be looking for each other in this first section. Read from the World English Bible.
Matthew Henry’s Introduction to Song of Songs
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on Song of Songs Chapter 1
Is the Old Testament Reliable? by Brian Edwards
Why 66? (books of the Bible) by Brian Edwards
Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Myrrh
Easton’s Bible Dictionary and Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: Shulamite
Why I read from the World English Bible
I read from the 2016 edition, linked to by the image below:
There is also a 2019 edition:
