Song of Solomon 1:13

“A bundle of myrrh [is] my well beloved unto me, etc.] These are the words of the church continued; expressing her great delight in Christ, and her strong love and affection for him, and therefore calls him “my well beloved”; which is expressive both of the greatness of Christ’s love to her, and of the strength of her affection to him, as well as of her faith of interest in him; hence she says, he was as “a bundle of myrrh” to her. Some thinkf61 sweet marjoram is meant, or an herb of a sweet smell, very much like it, called “marum”; but myrrh is commonly understood; and not twigs or branches of it but sprigs, or the flowers of it, bound up as a nosegay, and carried in the bosom; or better,…”

“This and the next Song of Solomon 1:15-7 sections are regarded by ancient commentators (Jewish and Christian) as expressing “the love of espousals” Jeremiah 2:2 between the Holy One and His Church, first in the wilderness of the Exodus, and then in the wilderness of the world Ezekiel 20:35-36. Song of Solomon 1:9 Or, to a mare of mine in the chariots of Pharaoh I liken thee, O my friend. (The last word is the feminine form of that rendered “friend” at Song of Solomon 5:16.) The comparison of the bride to a beautiful horse is singularly like one in Theocritus, and some have conjectured that the Greek poet, having read at Alexandria the Septuagint Version of the Song, may have borrowed these…”

“Myrrh - Myrrh, was ever reckoned among the best perfumes. Shall lie - This phrase may denote the churches intimate union with, and hearty affection to Christ. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 1:14”

“1:13 Myrrh is extracted from the branches of a fragrant shrub that did not grow in Israel, but was imported from Arabia and India at extravagant cost. The sachet is a little packet of sweet-smelling myrrh. The woman’s desire for intimacy is expressed by comparing her lover to the sachet lying between her breasts. • According to the three-character dramatic view, the woman is with the king in one of his palace rooms, but the fragrance of myrrh between her breasts fondly reminds her of her shepherd lover who is truly there, closer to her heart than the king.”

“bundle: Sol 4:6, Sol 4:14, Sol 5:1, Sol 5:5, Sol 5:13; Gen 43:11; Psa 45:8; Joh 19:39 he shall: Sol 2:7, Sol 3:5, Sol 8:3, Sol 8:4; Eph 3:17 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 1:14”

“13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Which lieth between by breasts. 14 A bunch of cypress-flowers is my beloved to me, From the vine-gardens of Engedi. Most interpreters, ignoring the lessons of botany, explain Sol 1:13 of a little bunch of myrrh; but whence could Shulamith obtain this? Myrrh, מר (מרר, to move oneself in a horizontal direction hither and thither, or gradually to advance; of a fluid, to flow over the plain), (Note: Vid., Schlotmann in the Stud. u. Krit. (1867), p. 217.) belongs, like the frankincense, to the amyrids, which are also exotics (Note: They came from Arabia and India; the better Arabian was adulterated with Indian myrrh.) in Palestine; and that which is…”