Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3I am my friend's, and my friend is mine: he that feedeth among the lilies.—
Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?—
Song of Solomon 4:12A locked-up garden is my sister, [my] bride; a locked-up spring, a sealed fountain.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as turrets of sweet perfumes: his lips, like lilies, dropping with fluid myrrh.
Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd will he feed his flock: with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young.
Isaiah 58:11And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will appoint over them one shepherd, and he shall feed them, namely, my servant David: he it is that shall feed them, and he it is that shall be unto them for a shepherd.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:2-4
Enquiring after Christ. 1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. Here is, I. The enquiry which the daughters of Jerusalem made concerning Christ, v. 1 . They still continue their high thoughts of the church, and call her, as before, the fairest… Read the whole commentary →