1. The Septuagint, being the oldest version, occupies the first place; its deviations from the Hebrew have generally been noticed in the Commentary. 2. The Vulgate, which chiefly follows the Septuagint. 3. The Syriac, which is far superior to the Vulgate. JEWISH COMMENTATORS. 4. Rashi, found in Buxtorf’s Rabbinical Bible. 5. Rashbam, recently printed for the first time. 6. Ibn Ezra; found in Rabbinical Bible. 7. Immanuel, MS. in the British Museum. 8. An Anonymous MS. Commentary in the Bodleian. 9. Philippson, an excellent modern commentator. CHRISTIAN COMMENTATORS. 10. Wilcock, an old writer. 11. Bishop Lowth, Praelect. xxx., xxxi. 12. Bishop Percy, Commentary and Annotations. 13. Michaelis, Notes to Bishop Lowth’s Praelect. 14. Jacobi, Das Gerettete Hohelied. 15. Durell, Critical Remarks on Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles. 16. Williams, The Song of Songs. 17. Good, The Song of Songs. 18. Umbreit, Lied der Liebe. 19. Ewald, Das Hohe Lied Salomonis, &c. 20. Döpke, Philologisch-critischer Comment. 21. Rosenmüller, Scholia in Vet. Test. 22. Hirzel, Das Lied der Lieder. 23. Magnus, Kritische Bearbeitung und Erklärung des Hohen Liedes. 24. Noyes, A New Translation of the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Canticles. 25. Heligstedt’s Continuation of Maurer’s Commentary, which, by an oversight, is omitted in the Historical Sketch, deserves special mention: Leipzig, 1847. 26. Delitzsch, Das Hohe Lied untersucht und ausgelegt. 27. Hengstenberg, Das Hohe Lied Salomonis. 28. Meier, Das Hohe Lied in deutscher Uebersetzung. 29. Friedrich, Cantici Canticorum. 30. Hitzig, 16th Lief. des Kurzg. Exeg. Handb. For a further description of the dates and places of these commentaries, see the Historical Sketch. THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON’S. SECTION I. CHAPTERS I.–II. 7. The scene of this division is in the royal tent of Solomon. The Shulamite, separated from her beloved shepherd, longs to be reunited with him whom she prizes above all things (2, 3). She implores him to come and rescue her; for, though brought by the king into his royal tent, her love continues the same (4). She repels the scornful reflection of the court ladies when they hear her soliloquy (5, 6). She implores her lover to tell her where she may find him (7). The court ladies ironically answer this request (8). Meanwhile the king comes in, and tries to win her affections by flatteries and promises (9–11). This attempt fails, and she opposes to the king’s love her unabated attachment to her beloved shepherd (12–ii. 6). In an ecstasy she adjures the court ladies not to attempt to persuade her to love any one else (7). THE SHULAMITE.