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Song of Solomon 3:7

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Song of Solomon 3:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Song of Solomon 3:7

Theological / Devotional

Bed. Heb. miṭṭah, a couch for sitting, reclining, or reposing. The context suggests that here it refers to the litter on which Solomon would be carried.

Threescore valiant men. These were the guards that surrounded the pavilion of the bridegroom. The security of the head of the state required the unwearying vigilance of such a guard as this.

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