The Pomegranate Tree:

 

References in the Ancient Bible 

 

Egypt abounded with. Numbers 20:5.     Canaan abounded with. Numbers 13:23; Deuteronomy 8:8. 

 The Jews

 a.    Cultivated, in orchards. Song 4:13.

 b.    Often lived under shade of. 1 Sam 14:2.

 c.    Drank the juice of. Song 8:2. 

The blasting of, a great calamity. Joel 1:12.

God’s favour exhibited, in making fruitful. Hag 2:19. 

Representations of its fruit

 a.    On the high priest’s robe. Ex 39:24-26.

 b.    On the pillars of the temple. 1 Kings 7:18.

 Illustrative

 a.    Of saints. Song 6:11; 7:12.

 b.    (An orchard of), of the church. Song 4:13.

 c.    (Fruit of), of the graces of the church. Song 4:3; 6