- 22nd book of the BIBLE, Old Testament and 5th of the 5 wisdom or poetic books
- Solomon is mentioned 7 times in the book.
- Song of Solomon:
- Is a love song.
- Abounds in:
- Metaphors
- Oriental imagery.
- The book is arranged like scenes in a drama.
- There are three main speakers in the book.
- The bride (a Shulamite girl)
- The king (Solomon)
- A chorus (daughters of Jerusalem)
- By the time of Song of Solomon, Solomon’s harem had:
- 700 queens
- 300 concubines
- 640 more queens to be chosen
- 220 more concubines to be chosen
- Song of Solomon depicts:
- The wooing and wedding of a shepherdess by King Solomon.
- The joys and heartaches of a shepherdess by King Solomon.
- Although Solomon knew 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:32), song of Solomon is considered the greatest.
- Song of Solomon alludes to:
- 21 species of plants
- 15 species of animals
- Song of Solomon refers to 15 geographical locations from Lebanon in the north to Egypt in the south.
- Kedar (1:5)
- Senir (4:8)
- Egypt (1:9)
- Hermon (4:8)
- En Gedi (1:14)
- Tizrah (6:4)
- Sharon (2:1)
- Heshbon (7:4)
- Jerusalem (2:7)
- Damascus (7:4)
- Lebanon (3:9)
- Carmel (7:5)
- Mount Gilead (4:1)
- Baal-Hamon (8:11)
- Amana (4:8)
- “Shulamite” may have been derived from the town of Shunem, located southwest of the Sea of Galilee in the land assigned to Issachar.
- 49 words appear in Song of Solomon that are not to be found any where else in the Bible.
- Song of Solomon is a book about the love of a man and a woman and its dimensions of:
- Attraction
- Union
- Desire
- Separation
- Companionship
- Faithfulness
- Pleasure
- Praise
