Threescore — A certain number for an uncertain. The sense seems to be this, there are many beautiful queens and concubines in the world, in the courts of princes, but none of them is to be compared with my spouse.
Verse Song of Solomon 6:8. _THERE ARE THREESCORE QUEENS_] Though there be _sixty_ _queens_, and _eighty concubines_, or _secondary wives_, and _virgins_ _innumerable_, in my _harem_, yet thou, _my dov...
The section might be entitled, “Renewed declaration of love after brief estrangement.” Song of Solomon 6:4 TIRZAH ... JERUSALEM - Named together as the then two fairest cities of the land. For Jerusa...
CHAPTER 6 The description of Her Beloved was addressed to the daughters of Jerusalem. Their answer is recorded in the beginning of this chapter. Her outburst of praise, her glowing testimony of Him,...
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:8 F. THE SIMPLE HOME NOBLER THAN THE ROYAL HAREM. The reference is probably to Solomon's domestic establishment as pictured in the historical books (1 Kings 11:3); some critics chang...
THERE ARE: i.e.. have. THREESCORE. The numbers are not the same as in 1 Kings 11:3, because. different period is referred to. VIRGINS. damsels. See note on Song of Solomon 1:3....
Song of Solomon 6:4-13. The King fascinated Here we have a renewed assault by Solomon. Just after the Shulammite's impassioned claim to belong wholly to her lover her royal persecutor returns, and bu...
This is evidently a description of a hareem, and it can only be Solomon's own. The word translated _are_here is somewhat anomalous, and Budde would substitute -to Solomon are." But this is a much more...
TEXT 6:17:10 _Court Ladies:_ Inquiry, Song of Solomon 6:1 _Shulammite:_ Answer, Song of Solomon 6:2Avowal, Song of Solomon 6:3 _Solomon:_ Interview with the Shulammite,...
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. THREESCORE - indefinite number, as . These are witnesses of the espousals; rulers of the earth contrasted with the...
A DREAM. HIS BEAUTY AND HERS 2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Song of Solomon 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian b...
In the end, Solomon would have 700 wives. And 300 other women lived with him in the palace (1 Kings 11:3). So we can see that Solomon is still a young man in this Song. Solomon married these women fo...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM V1 Where has your lover gone, most beautiful among women?...
THERE ARE THREESCORE QUEENS. — Presumably a description of Solomon’s harem (from comp. with Song of Solomon 8:11), though the numbers are far more sober than in 1 Kings 11:3. Probably the latter marks...
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ מְּלָכֹ֔ות וּ שְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים...
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, tho...
2. Solomon (Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 7:1). His Musing. (a) Description of the Shulamite (Song of Solomon 6:4 a). (b) Effect on the Virgins of the Vision of Her ...
There are (d) sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number. (d) Meaning that the gifts are infinite which Christ gives to his Church: or that his faithful are many in number....
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. (9) My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of grace and c...
THERE ARE THREESCORE QUEENS, AND FOURSCORE CONCUBINES, AND VIRGINS WITHOUT NUMBER. In this verse and Song of Solomon 6:9 the church is commended as she stood related to others; and is compared with th...
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. Ver. 8. _There are threescore queens, and fourscore, &c._] Or as some read it, hypothetically, Be there sixty queens...
_There are threescore queens_ A certain number for an uncertain. The sense seems to be this: there are many beautiful queens and concubines in the world, in the courts of princes, but none of them is...
THE CONFESSION OF THE CHURCH REWARDED. The Further Confession and Christ's Answer. The bride having answered the first question of the "daughters of Jerusalem" for a description of her soul's Brideg...
There are threescore queens and fourscore concubines and virgins without number, these idealized figures being introduced here only for the sake of comparison, to bring out all the more strongly the u...
4-10 All the real excellence and holiness on earth centre in the church. Christ goes forth subduing his enemies, while his followers gain victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil. He shows...
THREESCORE QUEENS, AND FOURSCORE CONCUBINES; a certain number for an uncertain. The sense seems to be this, There are many beautiful queens and concubines in the world, in the courts of princes, and p...
Song of Solomon 6:8 sixty H8346 queens H4436 eighty H8084 concubines H6370 virgins H5959 number H4557...
SECTION 5. The Nightmare Is Over And She Is Again With Her Beloved (Song of Solomon 6:4). In this brief song the Beloved now describes the beauties of the one he loves in such a way that the daughter...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom applauds the beauty of the Bride, preferring her before all others. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Christ takes delight in His redeemed and in the w...
Song of Solomon 6:1. _Whither is thy beloved gone?_ These are words of the ladies of honour, tenderly interested for their princess in a moment of anxiety. _That we may seek him with thee._ Thus shoul...
_There are threescore queens._ WOMAN’S RIGHTS So Solomon, by one stroke, sets forth the imperial character of a true Christian woman. She is not a slave, not a hireling, not a subordinate; but a que...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 6:8 Notice how the numbers increase from SIXTY to EIGHTY to WITHOUT NUMBER. The woman is without equal. All women, even royal w
The King’s Admiration of His Bride SCENE SECOND. Place: _The Royal Garden_. Speaker: _The King to Shulamite_ Song of Solomon 6:4 THE KING Thou art beautiful, O, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusal...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1 WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE, O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN? WHITHER HATH THY BELOVED TURNED HIM, THAT WE MAY SEEK HIM WITH THEE? The dialogue still continues, possibly bec...
Now the daughters of Jerusalem respond to her, the chorus sings back. Where has your beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither or where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with...
1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 11:21; Psalms 45:14; Revelation 7:9...
Why are Solomon’s wives and concubines listed as 140 when he had 1,000? PROBLEM: Here Solomon is said to have had only 140 wives and concubines, but 1 Kings 11:3 gives the number of 1,000. SOLUTION:...