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A cinematic biblical illustration portrays the beloved approaches in spring in an ancient setting shaped by the chapter’s central figures and symbols.
KING JAMES VERSION

SONG OF SOLOMON 2

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Song of Solomon 2 — The Beloved Approaches in Spring.

About this illustration

The composition centers the beloved approaches in spring as the chapter’s defining visual, using a unified, historically grounded scene while avoiding written text and any bodily depiction of God.

Scripture basis: Song of Solomon 2:1–17
  1. 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
  2. 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  3. 3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  4. 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
  5. 5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
  6. 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
  7. 7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
  8. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
  9. 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
  10. 10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
  11. 11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
  12. 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
  13. 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
  14. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
  15. 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
  16. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
  17. 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom

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