a8:11-14
b1:6
c8:11
d8:13
e8:14
f2:8-10
g4:6

‏ Song of Solomon 8:11-14

Summary for Song 8:11-14: 8:11-14  a In the dramatic view, the wife’s dilemma concerning the vineyard of 1:6  b is finally resolved: She has managed to bring in the lease money from her vineyard in Baal-hamon, so she can pay Solomon and her hired harvesters.

• If the passage is purely poetic, its main message is that love may not be bought, even by a powerful king like Solomon. 8:11  c Baal-hamon is not otherwise mentioned in the Bible. However “Balamon” occurs in later literature as a place in northern Israel; it may be the same place.

• a thousand pieces of silver (Hebrew 1,000 [shekels] of silver): There are different denominations of shekels in the Old Testament, so the exact price cannot be determined, but the vineyard was a large one.
8:13  d The scene has changed from that of the lease payment to the more familiar and pleasant gardens.

• your companions: It appears that the wife may be talking with her friends. Her man is gently jealous and wants her to himself.
8:14  e Come away, my love! She invites him to follow her, and he chases her with all the robust and exhilarating speed of a gazelle (see 2:8-10  f).

• mountains of spices: Cp. 4:6  g.
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