Song of Solomon 6:13
Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
12Before I was aware, my soul set me Among the chariots of my princely people.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
2 Samuel 17:24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Song of Solomon 1:6Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Isaiah 8:6Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
Jeremiah 3:22Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
Luke 7:44And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:12-13
The Love of Christ to the Church. 11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. 12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. 13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. Christ having now returned to his spouse, and the breach being entirely made up, and the falling out of these lovers being… Read the whole commentary →