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Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) by Gustave Moreau, 1893 The Song of Songs (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים , romanized: Šīr hašŠīrīm), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. People: Solomon. Places: Jerusalem - Baalhamon. Related Articles: Kiss - Pomegranate - Love - Jealousy - Vineyard - Silver - Roe deer - Hart (deer) English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Wikisource - King James - Jewish Publication Society - World English - Wycliffe
Song of Songs 1 (abbreviated [where?] as Song 1) is the first chapter of the "Song of Songs" or "Song of Solomon", a book of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This book is one of the Five Megillot , a group of short books, together with Ruth , Lamentations , Ecclesiastes and Esther , within the Ketuvim , the ...
Solomon gained a chance to prepare a meal for the Ammonite king, which the king found so impressive that the previous cook was sacked and Solomon put in his place; the king's daughter, Naamah, subsequently fell in love with Solomon, but the family (thinking Solomon a commoner) disapproved, so the king decided to kill them both by sending them ...
The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, Mišlê; Greek: Παροιμίαι; Latin: Liber Proverbiorum, "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament traditionally ascribed to King Solomon and his students. [1]
“Now faith, hope, and love remain — these three things — and the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 “We love because God first loved us." — 1 John 4:19
Lady Wisdom, first referred to as "she" in Wisdom 6:12, dominates the middle section of the book (chapters 6-9), in which Solomon speaks. [31] She existed from the Creation, and God is her source and guide. [31] She is to be loved and desired, and kings seek her: Solomon himself preferred wisdom to wealth, health, and all other things. [32]
This legend is based on the Tanakh mentioning Solomon's wealth, wisdom, and dominion over all creatures. [3] The legend may also be based on the Book of Proverbs , which rabbinic Judaism traditionally ascribes to Solomon, [ 4 ] mentioning ants as exemplars of morality . [ 5 ]