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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 carryi...
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A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE
SONG OF SONGS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 3
THE WOMAN
V1 At night, when I was on my bed, I looked for my man.
He is the man that my heart loves....
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BED. — Heb., _mitta._ Probably, from context, a _litter.
_...
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הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתֹו֙ שֶׁ לִּ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים...
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TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of
Solomon 3:1; Song of So
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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The Church's Victorious Progress...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Song of Solomon 3:7 Solomons H8010 couch H4296 sixty H8346 valiant
H1368 around H5439 valiant H1368 Israel H3478
his bed -...
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_ ‘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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 14:27; 1 Kings 9:22; 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Samue
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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...