Song of Songs 5:1-8:14; Psalm 45:1-17; 1 Kings 5:1-12; 2 Chronicles 2:1; 2 Chronicles 2:3-16

An unnamed woman longs for her lover. She calls her lover "king" five times in Song of Songs ( 1:4, 1:12, 3:9, 3:11, 7:5). Is the lover King Solomon or another man?

At Song of Songs 7:6-9 the man propositions the woman. No wonder so many interpreters have allegorized this writing!

So Solomon marries; then he gives orders that a temple be built in Jerusalem.