UNROLL
A vineyard terrace in spring bud behind a low stone wall, with no one there, under a calm, empty sky.

The Book of

Song of Solomon Intro

A love song, in the Bible, on purpose.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min8 chapters

Images are artistic interpretations.

In 30 seconds

She speaks first.

A wedding in the middle.

A night of searching.

Love as strong as death.

Tap to go deeper: meaning, history and related Scripture

Why a love song

God made desire and called it good.

This book isn’t embarrassed by it.

Neither should we be.

Who wrote it

Solomon

Son of David, a writer of songs

  • The title names him, “Solomon’s Song of Songs.”Song of Solomon 1:1
  • The Hebrew phrase can mean by, for or about Solomon.Most scholars
  • Song of Songs means the finest song.Hebrew idiom
  • He wrote 1,005 songs.1 Kings 4:32

Where it happens

SharonMount CarmelMount HermonGileadTo LebanonTo DamascusTo KedarEn-gediJerusalemTirzahHeshbon

Stylised map · locations approximate

Where it happened

A country in spring

Its love poems are full of the land, from the Dead Sea’s oasis to Lebanon’s snow.

Three voices

Tap a circle to meet them

Three refrains

Three lines that come back

How it’s built

One love, five parts

Longing1–3:5The wedding3:6–5:1Lost andfound5:2–6:3Love deepens6:4–8:4Strong as death8:5–14

Whiteboard

The outline is ours. The song may be one story, or a collection.

How to read it

Read it with a grown-up’s calm.

It blesses marriage. It doesn’t make marriage the only full life.

The man who sang this didn’t keep to it.

Watch for

they will become one flesh

Genesis 2:24

Start reading

or swipe left