Song of Solomon 8:11 BSB

Song of Solomon 8:11

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

BSB

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ASV

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

KJV

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

FRAGMENTS IN THE COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 8:11 (444)

The vineyard which, it says, was given to the spiritual Solomon is surely the church. And we have already said that Baal-hamon means "in believers." For who believed, apart from those who accepted his commandments?

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

The Six Days of Creation (397)

Hence, in the Song of Songs it is said: "I am a wall, and my breasts are towers." The wall is the Church and its towers are the priests, who abound in both the word of nature and moral discipline.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Baal-hamon - A place not far from Jerusalem. A thousand - Whereby he signifies both the vast extent of the vineyard which required so many keepers, and its singular fertility.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Solomon had a vineyard - Calmet translates and paraphrases the Hebrew of these two verses thus: “Son 8:11: Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon: he has let it out to keepers, each of whom for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. Son 8:12: As for me, my vineyard is before me; that is, it is my own; I am its proprietor. Keep thyself, O Solomon, thy thousand pieces of silver, and let those who dress (thy vineyard) have two hundred for their trouble. I neither envy thee thy vineyard, nor them their profits.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֶּ֣רֶם	Ke.rem	a vineyard	H3754 →
הָיָ֤ה	ha.Yah	it belonged	H1961 →
לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙	lish.lo.Moh	to Solomon	H8010 →
בְּבַ֣עַל	be.Va.'al	at Baal-	H1174 →
הָמ֔וֹן	ha.Mon	Hamon	H1174 →
נָתַ֥ן	na.Tan	he gave	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֶּ֖רֶם	ha.Ke.rem	the vineyard	H3754 →
לַנֹּטְרִ֑ים	la.no.te.Rim	to <the> [those who] keep	H5201 →
אִ֛ישׁ	'ish	each one	H376 →
יָבִ֥א	ya.Vi'	he will bring	H935 →
בְּפִרְי֖וֹ	be.fir.Yo	for fruit its	H6529 →
אֶ֥לֶף	'E.lef	a thousand	H505 →
כָּֽסֶף׃	Ka.sef	silver	H3701 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 1:6
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I…
leads to
- Song of Solomon 8:11–12
  Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Luke 12:51–53
  Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Through
Mark 12:1
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to…
leads to
- Isaiah 5:1–4
  I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Mark 13:34
  It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
- Romans 11:17–24
  Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
- Mark 4:2
  And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
Through
Isaiah 7:23
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
leads to
- Isaiah 5:6
  I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Through
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
leads to
- 1 Kings 7:1–12
  Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.