SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:8
Sesenta son las reinas, y ochenta las concubinas, y las doncellas vírgenes sin número;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 6:8
Verse 8. There are threescore queens - Though there be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, or secondary wives, and virgins innumerable, in my harem, yet thou, my dove, my undefiled, art txa achath, ONE, the ONLY ONE, she in whom I delight beyond all.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number .] In this verse and ( Song of Solomon 6:9) the church is commended as she stood related to others; and is compared with them, and preferred to them. The words may be considered either as an assertion, “there are”, etc. or as a supposition, “though there be”, etc. yet Christ’s church is but one, and excels them all. “Queens” are principal and lawful wives of kings; “concubines”, secondary or half wives, as the word signifies; who were admitted to the bed, but their children did not inherit: “virgins”, unmarried persons, maids of honour, who waited on the queen. The allusion is to the custom of kings and great personages, who had many wives, and more concubines, and a large number of virgins to wait on them; (see 1 Kings 11:3); or to a nuptial solemnity, and the ceremony of introducing the bride to the bridegroom, attended with a large number of persons of distinction; and so Theocritus speaks of four times sixty virgins attending the nuptials of Menelaus and Helena; (see Psalm 45:9). By all which may be meant either the kingdoms and nations of the world; by “queens”, the more large, rich and flourishing kingdoms; by “concubines”, inferior states; and by “virgins without number”, the vast multitudes of inhabitants that fill them; but all, put together, are not equal to the church; (see Song of Solomon 2:2); or else false churches; by “queens”, such who boast of their riches and number, as the church of Rome, ( Revelation 18:7); by “concubines”, such as are inferior in those things, but equally corrupt, as Arians, Socinians, etc. and by “virgins without number”, the multitudes of poor, weak, ignorant people, seduced by them; and what figure soever these make, or pretensions to be the true churches of Christ, they are none of his, his spouse is preferred to them all. Or rather true believers in Christ, of different degrees, are here meant; queens, those that have the greatest share of gifts grace, most nearness to Christ, and communion with him; by “concubines”, believers of a lower class, and of a more servile spirit, and yet sometimes are favoured with, fellowship with Christ; and by “virgins”, young converts, who have not so large an experience as the former; and this distribution agrees with ( John 2:13,14); and the rather this may be the sense, since each of these are said to praise the church in ( Song of Solomon 6:9), who is preferable to them, and includes them all.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Inquiry where Christ must be sought. (Song 6:1) Where Christ may be found. (Song 6:2,3) Christ's commendations of the church. (Song 6:4-10 The work of grace in the believer. (Song 6:11-13)
Song 6:1 Those made acquainted with the excellences of Christ, and the comfort of an interest in him, desire to know where they may meet him Those who would find Christ, must seek him early and diligently.
Song 6:2,3 Christ's church is a garden, enclosed, and separated from the world; he takes care of it, delights in it, and visits it. Thos who would find Christ, must attend him in his ordinances, the word sacraments, and prayer. When Christ comes to his church, it is to entertain his friends. And to take believers to himself: he picks the lilies one by one; and at the great day he will send forth his angel to gather all his lilies, that he may be for ever admired in them. The death of a believer is not more than the owner of a garden plucking favourite flower; and He will preserve it from withering, yea, cause it to flourish for ever, with increasing beauty. If our own hearts can witness for us that we are Christ's, question not his being ours, for the covenant never breaks on his side. It is the comfort of the church that he feeds among the lilies, that he takes delight in his people.
Song 6:4-10 All the real excellence and holiness on earth centre in the church. Christ goes forth subduing his enemies, while his follower gain victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil. He shows the tenderness of a Redeemer, the delight he takes in his redeemed people and the workings of his own grace in them. True believers alone can possess the beauty of holiness. And when their real character is known it will be commended. Both the church and believers, at their firs conversion, look forth as the morning, their light being small, but increasing. As to their sanctification, they are fair as the moon deriving all their light, grace, and holiness from Christ; and as to justification, clear as the sun, clothed with Christ, the Sun of righteousness, and fighting the good fight of faith, under the banner of Christ, against all spiritual enemies.
Song 6:11-13 In retirement and in meditation the Christian character is formed and perfected. But not in the retirement of the idle, the self-indulgent, or the trifler. When the Christian is released from the discharge of his duties in life, the world has no attractions for him His prayer is, that all things belonging to the Spirit may live an grow within him, and around him. Such are the interesting cares an employments of him whom the world wrongly deems unhappy, and lost to his true interests. In humility and self-abasement, the humbl Christian would turn away from the sight of all; but the Lord delight to honour him. Chiefly, however, may the reference be to the ministering angels who shall be sent for the soul of the Christian Their approach may startle, but the departing soul shall find the Lor its strength and its portion for ever. The church is called the Shulamite: the word signifies perfection and peace; not in herself, but in Christ, in whom she is complete, through his righteousness; and ha peace, which he made for her through his blood, and gives unto her by his Spirit __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
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