This name is given to the church in the Songs of Solomon. (Song vi. 13) It hath been variously accounted for. Some have supposed that it is in consequence of her marriage with Solomon, and bearing therefore his name; for Shulamite is the feminine, as Solomon is the masculine, both being derived from Shalem peace. And if so there is a great beauty in it as it relates to Christ and his church; for if Jesus be the Shalem, the peace of his people, his spouse hath peace in him and his blood and righteousness. We have a beautifulinstance of the same kind, and from the authority of the Holy Ghost, Jer. 23. 6. with 33. I 16; where, in the first of these chapters, Jesus is called by JEHOVAH’S appointment the Lord our righteousness, and in the second the church, by the same authority, as one bearing the name of her husband, is called the same. But beside these considerations there is a great propriety in calling the church Shulamite, for Shulem or Salem is the same as Jerusalem; and this is the mother of the church, (Gal. 4: 26.) Hence Melchizedec is said to have been king of Salem, king of peace. (Heb. 7: 2.) What a sweet thought! Our Jesus, our Melchizedec, is king of Salem, and all his people are in this sense "Shulamites;" for they are "fellow - citizens with the saints, and of the household of God." (Ephes. 2: 19, &c.) And it is very blessed yet farther to trace the propriety of the name in reference to the church’s connection and interest with her Lord; for she is a Shulamite indeed in the peace and perfection of beauty put upon her by the comliness andperfection I cannot however dismiss the subject without first observing that, however partial we may be to our own country as to fancy the great maritime power alluded to means our British Zion, the present ra is highly unfavourable to the character of faithful worshippers. Whoever takes a fair and impartial statement between the purity of our faith and practice, and the period after the Reformation, will be struck with astonishment in the sad change. I was much pleased with the perusal of a paper which lately fell intomyhands, entitled the Bill of Lading for a Ship. From the beautiful simplicity of style, as well as the evident marks of grace in which it is written, I take for granted that it was first in use in that glorious period, when the pure doctrines of the gospel were as much known and valued as they are now forgotten or despised. I mean from about the year 1560. I shall venture to believe the reader, if he hath never seen a Bill of Lading for a Ship, will thank me for inserting it under this article. It is in my esteem a precious fragment ofthe devotion of our Navy, as well as our fathers at that time in this kingdom engaged in commerce.
"Shipped by he grace of God, in good order, and well conditioned, in and upon the good Ship called the ...... whereof is master, under God, for this present voyage, A. B. and now riding at anchor in the river Thames, and by God’s grace bound for ...... such and such goods. And which said goods are to be delivered in the like good order, at the said port (the act of God, the king’s enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted.) And soGod send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen." of Jesus. Hence when the daughters of Jerusalem, smitten with a view of her loveliness in Christ, call upon her, it is to return, that they may look upon her beauty. "Retrun, return, O Shulamite! return, return, that we may look upon thee." So struck were they with her righteousness in Jesus. (Song vi. 4.)
Peaceful, in Hebrew a feminine name, corresponding to Solomon as Julia does to Julius. It is the figurative name of the bride in Solomon’s Song, Son 6:13 ; and the bridegroom is represented by SOLOMON, also meaning peaceful.\par
[Shu’lamite]
Name introduced in the Canticles. It is a feminine noun traceable, like Solomon, to Shalom , ’peace.’ It is the virgins who use this term. The union of the bridegroom and bride is such that she can be called by the same name. The ’two armies’ seen in the Shulamite doubtless refer to the union of Judah and Israel. Son 6:13.
(R. V. Shulammite; Greek,
By: Joseph Jacobs, M. Seligsohn
Principal character in the Song of Songs (A. V. Song of Solomon), although mentioned there in one passage only (vii. 1 [A. V. vi. 13]). According to the opinion of some modern critics, the Shulamite was the bride of a shepherd; but her beauty kindled in Solomon a violent passion, and he endeavored to win her for his harem. As to the etymology of the name, it would seem that it means "a native of Shulem," which place, according to Eusebius ("Onomasticon," s.v.), is identical with Shunem. This view is supported by the Greek version (see above), which evidently was made from a Hebrew text having 
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. On the theory that the term "Shulamite" is equivalent to "Shunammite," some critics have gone so far as to identify the Shulamite with Abishag, who after David's death became prominent in the court of Jerusalem (see Song of Songs).