Song of Solomon — Chapter 3

1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

5 I 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.

6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

✦ Talmud

• Berakhot 3a divides the night into three watches, each marked by supernatural warfare activity — Song of Solomon 3:1 "on my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not. I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves" is the Second Heaven navigation doctrine: the soul's nighttime search through dangerous streets is the mystic's passage through hostile spiritual territory, the Talmudic watches corresponding to the hazardous thresholds the searching soul must cross.

• Shabbat 119b teaches that two angels accompany a person home from synagogue on Shabbat evening — Song of Solomon 3:7 "behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel, all holding swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh" is the Talmudic escort-doctrine: the divine chariot (merkavah) moves through the night under armed escort, and the soul navigating toward the divine Presence during the mystical night-journey is accompanied by the same protective perimeter.

• Sanhedrin 20b records that when Solomon's wisdom was at its peak he constructed the Temple — Song of Solomon 3:11 "go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart" is the Talmudic Sinai-as-wedding doctrine: the giving of Torah was a wedding ceremony between God and Israel, and the Sitra Achra's every campaign is an attempt to dissolve this covenant marriage.

• Kiddushin 41a teaches that a man may not betroth a woman whom he has not seen — Song of Solomon 3:2 "I will seek him whom my soul loves" is the Talmudic reciprocal-seeking doctrine applied to divine relationship: just as God seeks the soul ("Adam, where are you?"), the soul must actively seek in return; the Sitra Achra immobilizes the soul in passive waiting that mimics spirituality but breaks the seeking-circuit.

• Berakhot 64a teaches that Torah scholars increase peace in the world — Song of Solomon 3:6 "what is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?" is the Talmudic ascension-image: the soul that has completed its wilderness campaign through Sitra Achra territory rises as incense smoke toward the divine Throne, the very fragrance of its spiritual warfare refined into offering.

Song of Solomon — Chapter 3

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