“ King Solomon made himself a chariota of the wood of Lebanon. ”
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 “fi...
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 w...
King Solomon made, &c. The remark of. third inhabitant of Jerusalem. See the Structure (above). a chariot . a palanquin.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. Of the wood of Lebanon - Of the cedar that grew on that mount. It is very likely that a nuptial bed, not a chariot, is intended by the orig...
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. Made himself a chariot - more elaborately made than the "bed," or traveling litter ( Song of Solomon 3:7 ) х 'apiryown ( H668...
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 prosai...
A chariot. — Marg., bed; Heb., appiryôn. A word of very doubtful etymology. Its derivation has been sought in Hebrew, Persian, Greek, and Sanskrit. The LXX. render φορεῖον; Vulg., ferculum; a...
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
III. The Actual Betrothal ( Song of Solomon 3:6-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-15 ) 1. The Singer Song of Solomon 3:6-11 ). The Coming of Solomon. 2. Solomon Song of Solomon 4:1-15 ). The Proposal.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. (10) He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with lo...
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. The word translated chariot is only used in this place; some render it a bride chamber u; others a nuptial bed w, such as is carried from...
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. Ver. 9. King Solomon made himself a chariot. ] Hic locus lubricus est et difficilis. This is a hard text, saith one. It had been easie...
King Solomon made a chariot In which the royal bridegroom and bride might ride together in state. By this chariot he seems to understand the word of Christ dispensed by his ministers, wherein Chr...
The Love of the Church to Christ. 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the...
A chariot, in which the royal Bridegroom and bride might ride together in state, as the manner was in the nuptial solemnities of such persons. By this chariot he seems to understand the word of C...
‘King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon. He made its pillars of silver, The bottom of it of gold, The seat of it of purple, The midst of it being paved with love, From the dau...
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 ex...
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...
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 ti...
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...
The Church's Victorious Progress
2 Samuel 23:5 ; Revelation 14:6 ; Song of Solomon 3:7
A chariot — In which the royal bridegroom and bride might ride together in state. By this chariot he seems to understand the word of Christ dispensed by his ministers, whereby Christ rides triumpha...