"As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so {is} my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great…" — Song of Solomon 2:3

Song of Solomon 2:3 · KJV

“As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so {is} my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit {was} sweet to my taste. {I sat...: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc} {taste: Heb. palate}”

— Song of Solomon 2:3

Verse 2

As the lily among thorns, so {is} my love among the daughters.

Verse 4

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me {was} love. {banqueting...: Heb. house of wine}

Song of Solomon 2 — Context

I {am} the rose of Sharon, {and} the lily of the valleys.

As the lily among thorns, so {is} my love among the daughters.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so {is} my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit {was} sweet to my taste. {I sat...: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc} {taste: Heb. palate}

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me {was} love. {banqueting...: Heb. house of wine}

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I {am} sick of love. {comfort...: Heb. straw me with apples}

Cross References

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who {is} this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth {that} bare thee.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. {great: Heb. heavy}

Hebrews 1:1-6

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Isaiah 25:4

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones {is} as a storm {against} the wall.

Hebrews 12:2

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}

John 1:14-18

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

1 John 1:3-4

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship {is} with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 4:6

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.