Song of Solomon 1: The Song of Songs

The book begins, The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. The title means the best of all songs. Song of Songs is a poem that celebrates the love between a bride and her groom in marriage, which God created as a good gift. In chapter 1 the bride asks where her beloved grazes his flock and rests them at noon. She is told to follow the tracks of the sheep and graze her young goats beside the shepherds' tents. Many Christians also read the Song as a picture of Christ's love for His church; this is an interpretation.

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¹ The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Song of Solomon 1 · Preschool

God Gives Good Gifts

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Color the sheep near the shepherds' tents!

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Bible Verse

“If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.”

Song of Solomon 1:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: This book of the Bible is a song. It talks about sheep and shepherds. God gives us good gifts, like families who love us. Let's thank God for the people who love us!

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God's Good Gift

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Read and Think

The book's first verse is its title: The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Just as holy of holies means the holiest place, Song of songs means the greatest song. The book is a poem with different speakers, including a bride, a groom, and their friends.

The Song celebrates love and marriage, which God designed. In Genesis, God made the man and the woman and brought them together. Faithful love between a husband and wife is part of God's good creation. The poem uses pictures from nature, such as flocks, vineyards, and gardens.

In 1:7-8, the bride asks the shepherd where he grazes his flock and rests them at noon. She is told, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents. In the New Testament, marriage is a picture of Christ's love for His church. Many Christians read the Song this way too. This is an interpretation, not something the Song says directly.

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What is the book's first verse?
What does Song of songs mean?
Who are some of the speakers?
Who designed love and marriage?
What pictures from nature does the poem use?

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SongGodflocksheep

Just as holy of holies means the holiest place, of songs means the greatest song.
The Song celebrates love and marriage, which designed.
In 1:7-8, the bride asks the shepherd where he grazes his and rests them at noon.
She is told, follow the tracks of the .

Think About It

God designed love and marriage as part of His good creation. How can you thank God for the families and marriages around you?
The poem uses pictures from nature. Which picture of God's care, like a shepherd and his flock, means the most to you?

Memory Verse

“The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.”

Song of Solomon 1:1 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the gift of love and marriage. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you show the people you love that you want to be with them?
Who can you follow to learn how to love well?

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The Greatest Song

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Read and Think

Song of Songs opens with its title: The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. In Hebrew, phrases like holy of holies or King of kings express the highest degree, so the title means the greatest song. The book is lyric poetry with several voices: a bride, her beloved, and a chorus of friends. It belongs with the Bible's wisdom books.

The Song celebrates the love between a husband and wife, which God designed from creation. In Genesis 2, God brings the woman to the man, and the two become one flesh in marriage. Scripture treats faithful married love as a good and holy gift. The Song pictures this love with images of flocks, gardens, vineyards, and springtime.

In 1:7-8 the bride asks her shepherd where he grazes his flock and rests them at noon, and she is told to follow the tracks of the sheep. In the New Testament, marriage is a picture of Christ's love for His church. Many Christians read the Song this way too. This is an interpretation, not something the Song says directly. In the New Testament, Paul writes, Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25). In the New Testament, Paul uses marriage to picture Christ's love for His people.

Show What You Know

What do phrases like King of kings express?
What kind of writing is the book?
What happens in Genesis 2?
How does Scripture treat faithful married love?
In the New Testament, whom did Christ love and give himself up for?

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Godsongflockgood

In Hebrew, phrases like holy of holies or King of kings express the highest degree, so the title means the greatest .
The Song celebrates the love between a husband and wife, which designed from creation.
Scripture treats faithful married love as a and holy gift.
In 1:7-8 the bride asks her shepherd where he grazes his and rests them at noon, and she is told to follow the tracks of the sheep.

Think About It

In the New Testament, Paul uses marriage to picture Christ's love for His people (Ephesians 5:25). What does this show you about how much He loves you?
Faithful married love is a good and holy gift. How can you honor God's design for love and marriage as you grow up?

Memory Verse

“The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.”

Song of Solomon 1:1 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the gift of love and marriage. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you thank God for the people who love you?
How can you honor God's design?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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