Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Perhaps the church is the speaker here, who calls upon everyone to behold her Solomon, her Beloved, her Jedidiah; and to mark some striking circumstances concerning him. That by Solomon is meant the Lord Jesus Christ, I have already endeavoured to explain both in the Preface, and in the first chapter, to which therefore I refer, And as Solomon was eminently, on many accounts, a lively type of Christ, it is not to be wondered at that the name is so generally adopted. Solomon, in his kingly office, in his wisdom, riches, peaceable reign, and the extensiveness of his territory, figured some very strong features of Jesus. Psalms 72:1 which is entitled, A Psalm for Solomon, hath been universally accepted, as well by Jewish writers, as by Christians, as altogether prophetical of Christ. By the bed of Solomon, some have supposed meant the church of Christ, or the scriptures of Christ; and some have taken it for Christ himself. And the valiant men about it, perhaps mean either the watchmen on the walls of Zion, the ministers of the gospel; or angels which are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister unto them who are heirs of salvation. Their number, though particularly mentioned, may not be intended precisely to intimate threescore and no more, agreeably to the general plan of Scripture on these points. The five wise virgins, and the five foolish virgins, in the parable, were not intended to say that there will be an equality of souls saved, and souls lost, at the last day. Neither can the one person, who had not on a wedding garment, in that other parable, be supposed to imply that there shall be but only one soul cast out at the great day of account. See Matthew 22:11; Matthew 22:11. Perhaps the threescore valiant men of Israel in point of number, are to be considered much in the same way; a certain number is put for an uncertain.