Who is Solomon’s Wife?
Solomon wrote the Song of Solomon as an expression of love between him and his young wife. A Shulamite (6:13) is the identity of the “black but comely” (Song of Solomon 1:5) princess in the Song of Songs. Her name has the sound of ‘shalom’ for peace and ‘Yerushalayim’ for Jerusalem. Although her identity is unknown, several suggestions have been made. She must have been a resident of Shunem, the little village in the tribe of Issachar, to the north of Jezreel (Josh. 19:18), where the Philistines encamped against Saul (1 Sam. 28:4), and where Elisha stayed for a while with a woman who’s son was raised to life (2 Kings 4:8-37). One possible shunemite woman mentioned in the Bible is Abishag, the woman who took care of David (1 Kings 1:1-15) in his old age. We also know that Solomon married Pharoah’s daughter (1 Kings 3:1). However, nothing in the Song of Songs tells us definitely who she was. She must have been his first wife since he later wrote in Ecclesiastes 9:9 “Enjoy life with the w
