Pharaoh's Daughter (wife of Solomon) - Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

The majority of scholars who believe that Solomon was the author of the work Song of Songs hold that the woman addressed in the song is Pharaoh's daughter. One of the points cited for this is the passage at Song 1:9 that states "I have compared thee, Oh my love, to a steed before Pharaoh's chariots." At Song 1:5 she is reported to say "I am black" and at Song 4:8-12 the woman is described as "my bride". A minority of scholars maintain that the song is actually about the Queen of Sheba.

Some sources refer to the object of Solomon's song as Shulamite.

John Wesley held that Psalm 45 (which he saw as "a kind of abridgement" of the Song of Solomon) also "alludes to the marriage between Solomon and Pharaoh's daughter."

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