Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 1:14

14 My beloved is unto me, as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi .

Or, Cypress, as others render it. It was an odoriferous plant growing in Vineyards, and some think that it was a most pleasant kind of Vine, like that which bears Muscatella Grapes; yea some very learned men understand it of that Plant which dropped balm, which grew in, or near, the place here specified, as is affirmed not only by the Jews, but also by Pagan Writers, as Diodorus and T[illegible: 1+ letters]ogus. Nor are we concerned to know which or what it was; it being confessed and evident, that it was some pleasant and grateful Plant, and that it sets forth that great delight which the Church hath in the enjoyment of Christ.

A pleasant and well watered place in the Tribe of Iudah, Ios. 15. 62. Ezek. 47. 10. where there were many pleasant Plants, whence it was called Hazazon Tamar, 2 Chron. 20. 2.

Marginal references: Or, cypress.