QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSION IN THE SONG OF SOLOMON
by Peter Forbes
| 1:1 | Song | Isaiah 5:1 |
| 1:2 | Love | Psalm 45 [title] |
| 01730 Love | 1:2
4 3 14 2:3 8 9 10 16 17 4:10 2x 16 5:1 2 4 5 6 2x 8 9 4x 10 16 6:2 3 7:9 10 11 12 13 8:5 14 |
49
times in the Old Testament |
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See
particularly |
Proverbs
7:18 Isaiah 5:1 Ezekiel 16:8 |
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| The complete list of the other 11 uses is: | ||
| Leviticus 10:4 | uncle 01730 | |
| Leviticus 20:20 | uncle's 01730 | |
| Leviticus 25:49 | uncle 01730 | |
| Numbers 36:11 | father's 01730 brothers' | |
| 1 Samuel 10:14 | uncle 01730 | |
| 1 Samuel 10:15 | uncle 01730 | |
| 1 Samuel 10:16 | uncle 01730 | |
| 1 Samuel 14:50 | uncle 01730 | |
| 2 Kings 24:17 | father's 01730 brother | |
| 1 Chronicles 24:25 | brother 01730 | |
| 1 Chronicles 27:32 | uncle 01730 | |
| Esther 2:15 | uncle 01730 | |
| Jeremiah 32:7 | uncle 01730 | |
| Ezekiel 23:17 | love 01730 | |
| So the meaning of the word speaks of relationship rather than simply describing an attitude of mind [or heart]. | ||
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Language
in the Song of Solomon found elsewhere |
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| 1:2 | Better than wine | Hosea 3:1 |
| 1:4 | Draw me | Hosea
11:4 Psalm 45:14 John 6:44 |
| 1:4 | Brought me into his chambers | Psalm
45:14 15 Ephesians 2:6 |
| 1:4 | rejoice in thee | Psalm
9:2 Psalm 85:6 |
| 1:5 | 'Black'
only occurs 6 times In the OT 7838 the only other use in Song of Solomon is 5:11 |
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| 1:5 | Comely | Ezekiel 16:14 |
| 1:5 | Daughter
of Jerusalem [the only use outside Song of Solomon is Luke] Daughters of Jerusalem Song of Solomon 2:7 3:5 3:10 5:8 5:16 8:4 [See the use of 'Daughter of Zion in 3:11] |
Luke 23:28 |
| 1:5 | Tents of Kedar | Psalm 120:5 |
| 1:6 | Mother's children [angry] | Psalm 69:8 |
| 1:7 | feedest | John 4:34 |
| 1:7 | at noon | John 4:6 |
| 1:7 | rest | John 4:6 |
| 1:8 | 'Fairest
among women' only in Song 5:9 6:1 |
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| 1:10 | chain(s) of gold | Exodus
28:24 Exodus 39:17 1 Kings 6:12 |
| 1:10 | Chain on thy neck | Ezekiel 16:11 |
| 1:11 | Borders of gold | Exodus 37:12 |
| 1:11 | Studs 5351 - fem of 5340 only in | Ezekiel 1:7 sparkled |
| 1:12 | Spikenard
4:13 4:14 only twice outside the Song of Solomon |
Mark
14:3 John 12:3 |
| 1:13 | Myrrh | Exodus
30:23 Psalm 45:8 |
| 1:14 | Camphire
3724 'ransom' Exodus 21:30 4:13 also
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Exodus
21:30 Exodus 30:12 Psalm 49:7 |
| 1:15 | 'Thou
art fair' only in Song of Solomon 1:16 4:1 |
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| 1:17 | Beams ... Cedar | 1 Kings 6:9 |
| 2:1 | Rose | Isaiah 35:1 |
| 2:1,2 | Lily | 1 Kings 7:19,22 |
| 2:2 | Among
thorns NT uses all in parable of the Sower |
Jer
4:3 Hosea 9:6 Matthew 13 Mark 4 Luke 8 |
| 2:2 | Among the daughters | Judges 14:3 |
| 2:2 | Apple tree | Joel 1:12 |
| 2:3 | Under his shadow | Hosea 14:3 |
| 2:4 | Banner 1714 | Numbers 2:2 |
| 2:5 | Flagons | Hosea 3:1 |
| 2:8 | Upon the mountains | Judges
11:37 Psalm 133:3 Isaiah 52:7 Nahum 1:15 |
| 2:9 | My
beloved is like a roe or a young hart |
Proverbs
5:3 Proverbs 5:19 |
| 2:13 | Fig tree putteth forth | Matthew
24:32 Mark 13:28 |
| 2:15 | Foxes | Ezekiel
13:4 Luke 13:32 |
| 3:1 | By night I sought him | Isaiah 26:9 |
| 3:2 | [she is] in the streets | Proverbs 7:12 |
| 3:6 | Who is that that cometh [wilderness] | Isaiah 63:1 |
| 3:6 | Frankincense | Exodus 30:34 |
| 3:8 | Sword on [his] thigh | Psalm 45:3 |
| 3:10 | Pillars of silver | Exodus 27:11 |
| 3:11 | Daughters of Zion | |
| the
daughter of Zion the daughter of Jerusalem |
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| daughter of Zion | ||
| daughters
of Zion daughter of Zion |
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| daughter
of Zion daughter of Jerusalem |
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| daughter
of Jerusalem daughter of Zion |
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of Zion daughter of Jerusalem |
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of Zion daughter of Jerusalem |
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of Zion daughter of Jerusalem |
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| 3:11 | Gladness | Psalm 45:7 |
| 4:1 | [Flock
of] goats [for a covering in Exodus Hair is a covering] |
Exodus 26:7 |
| 4:5 | Two breasts | Proverbs
5:19 Isaiah 66:11 |
| 4:7 | There is no spot in thee | Ephesians 5:27 |
| 4:8 | Shenir and Hermon | Deuteronomy 3:9 |
| 4:9 | Ravished | Proverbs 5:19 20 |
| 4:11 | Lips | Hosea 14:2 |
| 4:11 | Lips drop as an honeycomb | Proverbs 5:3 |
| 4:11 | under thy tongue | Psalm 10:7 |
| 4:11 | Smell of garment | Genesis 27:27 |
| 4:11 | Smell as Lebanon | Hosea 14:5 |
| 4:14 | Calamus | Exodus
30:23 Ezekiel 27:19 |
| 4:14 | Cinnamon | Exodus
30:23 Proverbs 7:17 |
| 4:14 | Cinnamon and Frankincense | Revelation 18:13 |
| 4:14 | Myrrh Aloes | Psalm
45:8 Proverbs 7:17 John 19:39 |
| 4:15 | Living waters | John 4:10 |
| 5:1 | Wine and milk | Isaiah 55:1 |
| 5:1 | Eat | Isaiah 55:1 |
| 5:2 | That knocketh | Revelation 3:20 |
| 5:2 | Open | Revelation 3:20 |
| 5:6 | My soul failed | Psalm 119:81 |
| 5:12 | Rivers of water | Psalm 1:3 |
| 5:14 | Gold rings | Exodus 39:16 |
| 5:14 | Beryl | Exodus
28:20 Ezekiel 1:16 Ezekiel 28:13 |
| 6:4 | Beautiful | Ezekiel 16:13 |
| 6:4 | Tirzah
[Daughter of Zelophehad] Tirzah [Place in Israel] |
Numbers
26:33 Joshua 12:24 |
| 6:13 | Return | Hosea 14:1 4 |
| 6:13 | Shulamite
7759 - from 8010
Solomon Tav at end makes feminine - of Solomon |
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| 6:13 | Two armies [Mahanaim] | Gen 32:2 7 8 etc |
| 7:1 | Cunning workman | Exodus
35:35 Isaiah 40:20 |
| 7:1 | Navel Proverbs has a lamed as a prefix |
Proverbs 3:8 |
| 7:5 | Carmel | Micah 7:14 |
| 7:10 | His desire is towards me | Psalm
45:11 Genesis 3:16 |
| 8:6 | Set me as a seal | Isaiah 49:16 |
| 8:6 | Jealousy | Proverbs 6:34 |
| 8:7 | If a man would give all the substance | Proverbs 6:34 |
| 8:8 | Little sister | Ezekiel
16:46 :55-56 :61 |
| 8:11 | Vineyard | Isaiah 5:1 |
| 8:11 | Let it out to husbandmen | Matthew 21:23 |
| 8:14 | Make haste | Revelation 22:20 |