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Song of Solomon 3:7

3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

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Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.

Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; three score valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

What does Song of Solomon 3:7 mean?

Song of Solomon 3:7 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מִטָּה (miṭṭâh), שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh), שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Behold
his
bed,מִטָּהmiṭṭâh/mit-taw'/H4296a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier
which
is
Solomon's;שְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôh/shel-o-mo'/H8010Shelomah, David's successor
threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym/shish-sheem'/H8346sixty
valiantגִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/H1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
men
are
aboutסָבִיבçâbîyb/saw-beeb'/H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
it,
of
the
valiantגִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/H1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
of
Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Commentary on Song of Solomon 3:7

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 3:7
n12788" 96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. Here we have David's testimony from his own experience, 1. Of the vanity of the world and its insufficiency to make us happy: I have seen an end of all perfection. Poor perfection which one sees an end of! Yet such are all those things in this world which pass for perfections. David, in his time, had seen Goliath, the strongest, overcome, Asahel, the swiftest, overtaken, Ahithophel, the wisest, befooled, Absalom, the fairest, deformed; and, in short, he had seen an end of perfection, of all perfection. He saw it by faith; he saw it by observation; he saw an end of the perfection of the creature both in respect of sufficiency (it was scanty and defective; there is that to be done for us which the creature cannot do) and in respect of continuance; it will not last our time, for it will not

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 6:6

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Deuteronomy 17:19

And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. have: or, do wisely

Proverbs 2:10

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 18:1

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. Through: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business

Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. thy: Heb. thy loves

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1 Kings 1:10

But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

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What does Song of Solomon 3:7 say?

Song of Solomon 3:7 (King James Version) reads: "Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel."

Is Song of Solomon 3:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 3:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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