Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Song of Solomon 4:8
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Song of Solomon4:8
8. Invitation to her to leave the border mountains (the highest worldly elevation) between the hostile lands north of Palestine and the Promised Land (Psa 45:10; Php 3:13).
Amana--south of Anti-Libanus; the river Abana, or Amana, was near Damascus (2Ki 5:12).
Shenir--The whole mountain was called Hermon; the part held by the Sidonians was called Sirion; the part held by the Amorites, Shenir (De 3:9). Infested by the devouring lion and the stealthy and swift leopard (Psa 76:4; Ep 6:11; 1Pe 5:8). Contrasted with the mountain of myrrh, &c. (So 4:6; Is 2:2); the good land (Is 35:9).
with me--twice repeated emphatically. The presence of Jesus Christ makes up for the absence of all besides (Lu 18:29, 30; 2Co 6:10). Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Pisgah; Peter, James, and John had a foretaste of glory on the mount of transfiguration.
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