Song of Solomon 3:7
Beholde his bed, which is Salomons: threescore strong men are round about it, of the valiant men of Israel.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:16And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.
1 Samuel 28:2And Dauid said to Achish, Surely thou shalt knowe, what thy seruant can doe. And Achish sayde to Dauid, Surely I will make thee keeper of mine head for euer.
1 Kings 14:27And King Rehoboam made for them brasen shieldes, and committed them vnto ye hands of the chiefe of the garde, which wayted at the doore of the Kings house.
Nehemiah 4:13Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.
Song of Solomon 3:9King Salomon made himselfe a palace of the trees of Lebanon.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 3:7
The Love of the Church to Christ. 6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? These are the words of the daughters of Jerusalem, to whom the charge was given, v. 5 . They had looked shily upon the bride because she was black ( ch. i. 6 ); but now they admire her, and speak of her with great respect: Who is this? How beautiful she looks! Who would have expected such a comely and magnificent person to come out of the… Read the whole commentary →