Song of Solomon 7:2

Verse 2

2. Which wanteth not liquor Hebrew, Spiced wine should not be lacking. Set about, etc. Grain threshed in the fields and left in a heap was “set about” with thorn bushes, to protect it from animals. From that usage this figure is taken, lilies, fair and white, being substituted for thorns. Plumpness and corpulency have always been reckoned in the East as elements of beauty in the feminine person. There can be no doubt that the writer here represents the King’s fatal disregard of the moral sentiment stated by our Lord, Matthew 5:28.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

Verse 2

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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