Song of Solomon 6:8

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

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There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

In Context

7As a piece of a pomegranate are your temples within your locks.

9My 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 daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters were among your honourable women: upon your right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and families, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:5-11

The Church's Confidence in Christ; The Love of Christ to the Church. 4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore queens,… Read the whole commentary →

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