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A Magnificent Royal Litter
Commentators explain that the verse literally describes a magnificent royal litter, or palanquin, belonging to King Solomon. It is surrounded by sixty of Israel's mightiest warriors, serving as an elite bodyguard. This imagery establishes a scene of immense wealth, power, and security befitting the king and his bride.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 3:6–11
18th Century
Theologian
The principal and central action of the Song is the bride’s entry into the city of David and her marriage there with the king. Jewish interpreters …
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 3:7
19th Century
Bishop
Bed. —Heb., mitta. Probably, from context, a litter.
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 3:7
17th Century
Pastor
Behold his bed which [is] Solomon's
Not Solomon the son of David, and penman of this song, but a greater than he, th…
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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 3:6–11
17th Century
Minister
A wilderness is an emblem of the world; the believer comes out of it when he is delivered from the love of its sinful pleasures and pursuits, and r…