I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” Good to who? But that also proved to be meaningless. 2 “Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding…
The words of the Teacher,[a] son of David, king in Jerusalem: That really narrows it down that Solomon wrote this book too. 2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. King Solomon’s alter ego. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the…
How Solomon had the time to be king, be a husband to 700 wives, and have 300 side chicks. (God wasn’t happy about that by the way) AND still have time to write all this. We will journey through this book where Solomon discovers that God Himself provides all the…
Solomon’s Song of Songs. See, I knew he wrote it. She[a] 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. 3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. Nobody smells that good these days. No…
Song of Songs is a love story the way the Lord intended it. Which wife is it about? Maybe it’s this one. The Shulammite woman, or Shulammite maiden, is the bride of Solomon who features in the Song of Songs. She is only mentioned once by the title “Shulammite,” in…
We will be leaving the A Plot once again now that Solomon has passed on. There are a few things we need to take a look at. Since we have just recently discussed Solomon’s wives, I beleve the most logical way forward is to discuss Song of Songs (Song of…