Song of Solomon 5: My Beloved and My Friend

In Song of Songs 5 the friends ask the bride, How is your beloved better than another beloved? She answers that he is the best among ten thousand. She ends, This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Husband and wife are meant to be best friends.

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¹ I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.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 5 · Preschool

Best Friends

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Bible Verse

“How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?”

Song of Solomon 5:9 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: In this song, the bride says her husband is her friend. Families who love each other are friends. In the New Testament, Jesus calls His followers His friends.

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This Is My Friend

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Read and Think

In chapter 5, the daughters of Jerusalem ask the bride a question: How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? They want to know what makes him special.

The bride answers with praise. She says he is the best among ten thousand. To her, no one else is like him.

She ends her answer with these words: This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. He is her beloved. He is also her friend. God made marriage to be a friendship for life. 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, Jesus tells His disciples that He has called them friends (John 15:15).

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What do the daughters of Jerusalem want to know?
How does the bride answer?
What does she say he is?
What else is he besides her beloved?
In the New Testament, what does Jesus call His disciples?

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bestGodbelovedfriend

In chapter 5, the daughters of Jerusalem ask the bride a question: How is your better than another beloved, you fairest among women?
She says he is the among ten thousand.
She ends her answer with these words: This is my beloved, and this is my , daughters of Jerusalem.
made marriage to be a friendship for life.

Think About It

The bride calls her husband her friend. What makes someone a true friend?
In the New Testament, Jesus says that He calls His followers friends (John 15:15). How does it feel to know Jesus calls you His friend?

Memory Verse

“How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?”

Song of Solomon 5:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my friend. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you tell others why you love the people in your family?
What makes someone easy to trust?

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Song of Solomon 5 · Grade 5

My Beloved and My Friend

Name Date

Read and Think

Chapter 5 includes a conversation between the bride and the daughters of Jerusalem. They ask, How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Their question gives her the chance to explain what makes him special to her.

Her answer is full of praise. She says he is the best among ten thousand, meaning that no one else could compare with him. She does not speak of him with doubt or complaint; she speaks with honor and delight.

She closes with a beautiful summary: This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Her husband is both her beloved and her closest friend. Scripture presents marriage as a covenant of love and lasting companionship. 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, Jesus says, Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).

Show What You Know

Who talks with the bride in this conversation?
What chance does their question give her?
What does the best among ten thousand mean?
How does she speak of him?
In the New Testament, what is the greatest love, according to Jesus?

Crossword

Across

and this is my ____
How is your ____ better than another beloved
The ____ among ten thousand

Down

____ of Jerusalem
you ____ among women

Think About It

The bride speaks of her husband with honor and delight, not complaint. How can you speak with honor about the people in your family?
In the New Testament, Jesus says that the greatest love is to lay down your life for your friends (John 15:13). How can you show that kind of love to others?

Memory Verse

“How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?”

Song of Solomon 5:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my friend. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you be a good friend to the people in your family?
How can your words build up your family?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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My Beloved and My Friend

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