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Images of Purity and Clarity
The lover's praise uses specific, real-world locations to describe the beloved's beauty. Commentators explain that the 'tower of ivory' neck signifies purity, whiteness, and elegance. The 'pools in Heshbon,' likely a real reservoir known for its clear water, are used to describe her eyes as deep, serene, and tranquil.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 7:4
18th Century
Theologian
A tower of ivory - The allusion is to a particular tower, likely one built by Solomon (1 Kings 10:21).
Fishpools in He…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 7:4
19th Century
Bishop
Fishpools in Heshbon.—Literally, pools. The Authorised Version follows the Vulgate piscinœ, for which there is n…
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 7:4
17th Century
Pastor
Your neck [is] as a tower of ivory
Two things recommend the neck, erectness and whiteness; both are here expressed, …
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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 7:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The analogies here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. All His saints have such …