Lux Domini
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

What does Song of Solomon 6:13 mean?

In retirement and in meditation the Christian character is formed and perfected. But not in the retirement of the idle, the self-indulgent, or the trifler.

Key themes

LoveDesireBeautyUnion

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Keep this verse inside Song of Solomon 6:11-13 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

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Glossary

Mahanaim Place

Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two hosts” on his return from Padan-aram ( Gen. 32:2 ). Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi.