Song of Solomon 2:1
I AM a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
In Context
2As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Cross References
Psalms 85:11Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs: his lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Hosea 14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:1
In this chapter, I. Christ speaks both concerning himself and concerning his church, ver. 1, 2 . II. The church speaks, 1. Remembering the pleasure and satisfaction she has in communion with Christ, ver. 3, 4 . 2. Entertaining herself with the present tokens of his favour and taking care that nothing happen to intercept them, ver. 5-7 . 3. Triumphing in his approaches towards her, ver. 8, 9 . 4. Repeating the gracious calls he had given her to go along with him a walking, invited by the pleasures of the returning… Read the whole commentary →