An ordinary young man would ask his friends to lead him to his bride. But Solomon’s procession is much better. Israel’s best soldiers act as his guard. They are wearing their uniforms. They are carrying their swords. These soldiers impress everyone who sees them. Everyone will realise that this is an important procession.
Verse Song of Solomon 3:7. _THREESCORE VALIANT MEN_] These were the _guards_ about the pavilion of the bridegroom, who were placed there _because of fear_ _in the night_. The _security_ and _state_ of...
The principal and central action of the Song; the bride’s entry into the city of David, and her marriage there with the king. Jewish interpreters regard this part of the poem as symbolizing the “first...
CHAPTER 3 The scene changes. The bride is now alone and in the darkness of the night. She is seeking her Beloved and is unable to find Him. Her heart is filled with the same love she exhibits in the p...
THE COMING OF THE KING. These verses are generally taken to describe the procession of the king with his attendants coming to the wedding. On the dramatic theory it is Solomon coming to the north wher...
Song of Solomon 3:6-11. The King's Return King Solomon must be supposed to be coming from Jerusalem, to the royal residence in the North where the Shulammite is, or to be returning thither after an a...
_Behold his bed, which is Solomon's_ This is an answer to the question of the last verse, "Who or what is this which cometh up," &c. It should be, BEHOLD, IT IS SOLOMON'S PALANQUIN, and it is spoken e...
TEXT 3:6-11 _SECOND SCENEThe Royal Procession REMARKS OF THE SPECTATORS_ First Speaker: Song of Solomon 3:6 6. Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with my...
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. In time wilderness character of the Church is portrayed; in Song of Solomon 3:7, its militant aspe...
NIGHT THOUGHTS AND AN INTERLUDE 1-4. There is a charming lightness of touch and quickness of movement in the story she tells, and it is all the more interesting for our having to supply the prosaic c...
BED. — Heb., _mitta._ Probably, from context, a _litter. _...
הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתֹו֙ שֶׁ לִּ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
III. The Actual Betrothal (Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:1) 1. The Singer Song of Solomon 3:6). The Coming of Solomon. 2. Solomon...
Behold his (f) bed, which [is] Solomon's; sixty valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel. (f) By the bed is meant the temple which Solomon made....
_Bed. Being stationed at the door to prevent any alarm, v. 8. (Calmet) --- In the Church Christ finds his repose, and daily produces the only heirs of heaven. (Ven. Bede) --- The angels, saints and pa...
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. Perhaps the church is the speaker here, who calls upon everyone to behold her Solomon, her Beloved, h...
In chapter 3 we have another attitude, another state of heart. She is alone and in darkness. She seeks her Beloved, but finds Him not. There is affection, but no joy. She questions the watchmen in Jer...
BEHOLD HIS BED WHICH [IS] SOLOMON'S,.... Not Solomon the son of David, and penman of this song, but a greater than he, the antitype of him; so it is interpreted of the Messiah by many Jewish writers q...
Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel. Ver. 7. Behold his bed, which is Solomon's, &c.] Or, Behold the bed of Solomon, as the Greek, ex...
_Behold_ The bride-men continue their speech, and from the admiration of the bride, proceed to the admiration of the bridegroom: _his bed_ The bed seems to denote the church, which is comely through C...
The Church's Victorious Progress...
Behold His bed, the traveling litter, howdah, or palanquin, such as are used in the Orient for long journeys, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S, which the Bridegroom has placed at the disposal of His bride; THREESCO...
6-11 A wilderness is an emblem of the world; the believer comes out of it when he is delivered from the love of its sinful pleasures and pursuits, and refuses to comply with its customs and fashions,...
BEHOLD HIS BED: these are the words either, 1. Of the bridemen, who spake SONG OF SOLOMON 3:6, and here continue their speech, and from the admiration of the bride proceed to the admiration of the Br...
Song of Solomon 3:7 Solomons H8010 couch H4296 sixty H8346 valiant H1368 around H5439 valiant H1368 Israel H3478 his bed -...
_ ‘Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? Behold, it is the litter of Solomon, Threescore mighty m...
CONTENTS: The Bride seeking the favor of the Bridegroom. She calls upon all to admire Him. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are truly of the Bride, will evince the...
Song of Solomon 3:7. _Behold his bed, which is Solomon's;_ the palace where he sleeps, and where so many treasures of gold and works of art are preserved. _Threescore valiant men are about it._ His bo...
_Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness?_ THE ROYAL PAIR IN THEIR GLORIOUS CHARIOT Great princes in the East are in the habit of travelling in splendid palanquins, which are at the same time c...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 3:7 LITTER. A couch on which servants carry a king (esv footnote), similar to a portable bed. SIXTY MIGHTY MEN (well-trained soldiers, v
NOTES Song of Solomon 3:7. _Behold his bed which is Solomon’s_ ‘His bed,’ מִטָתוֹ (_mittatho_) from נָטָה (_natah_), to stretch or recline. Not the same word as in verse first, which properly expresse...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1 BY NIGHT ON MY BED I SOUGHT HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH: I SOUGHT HIM, BUT I FOUND HIM NOT. The bride is probably relating a dream. The time referred to is the close of the...
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I...
1 Kings 14:27; 1 Kings 9:22; 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Samue
Behold — The bride — men continue their speech, and from the admiration of the bride, proceed to the admiration of the bridegroom. Bed — The bed seems to denote the church, which is comely through Chr...