Song of Solomon 6

Solomon 6:1-13 .

1. Historically, at Jesus Christ's crucifixion and burial, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, and others, joined with His professed disciples. By speaking of Jesus Christ, the bride does good not only to her own soul, but to others Compare the hypocritical use of similar words ( Matthew 2:8 ).

2. gone down--Jerusalem was on a hill (answering to its moral elevation), and the gardens were at a little distance in the valleys below.
beds of spices--(balsam) which He Himself calls the "mountain of myrrh," &c. ( Solomon 4:6 ), and again ( Solomon 8:14 ), the resting-place of His body amidst spices, and of His soul in paradise, and now in heaven, where He stands as High Priest for ever. Nowhere else in the Song is there mention of mountains of spices.
feed in . . . gardens--that is, in the churches, though He may have withdrawn for a time from the individual believer: she implies an invitation to the daughters of Jerusalem to enter His spiritual Church, and become lilies, made white by His blood. He is gathering some lilies now to plant on earth, others to transplant into heaven ( Solomon 5:1 , Genesis 5:24 , Mark 4:28 Mark 4:29 , Acts 7:60 ).

3. In speaking of Jesus Christ to others, she regains her own assurance. Literally, "I am for my beloved . . . for me." Reverse order from Solomon 2:16 . She now, after the season of darkness, grounds her convictions on His love towards her, more than on hers towards Him ( Deuteronomy 33:3 ). There, it was the young believer concluding that she was His, from the sensible assurance that He was hers.

4. Tirzah--meaning "pleasant" ( Hebrews 13:21 ); "well-pleasing" ( Matthew 5:14 ); the royal city of one of the old Canaanite kings ( Joshua 12:24 ); and after the revolt of Israel, the royal city of its kings, before Omri founded Samaria ( 1 Kings 16:8 1 Kings 16:15 ). No ground for assigning a later date than the time of Solomon to the Song, as Tirzah was even in his time the capital of the north (Israel), as Jerusalem was of the south (Judah).
Jerusalem--residence of the kings of Judah, as Tirzah, of Israel ( Psalms 48:1 , &c.; Psalms 122:1-3 , Psalms 125:1 Psalms 125:2 ). Loveliness, security, unity, and loyalty; also the union of Israel and Judah in the Church ( Isaiah 11:13 , Jeremiah 3:18 , Ezekiel 37:16 Ezekiel 37:17 Ezekiel 37:22 ; compare Hebrews 12:22 , Revelation 21:2 Revelation 21:12 ).
terrible--awe-inspiring. Not only armed as a city on the defensive, but as an army on the offensive. ( 2 Corinthians 10:4 ).