Song of Solomon 3:7
Song of Solomon 3:7
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's: threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
These are either the words of the daughters of Jerusalem continued, as some[3689] think; who having begun, go on to commend the church from that communion and fellowship she enjoys with Christ, and from that safety and security which she has in him: or rather, according to others[3690] they are the words of the church; who perceiving that the daughters of Jerusalem were much taken with her beauty; and fearing, lest they should ascribe too much to her, to the prejudice of her beloved; she breaks in upon them, and proposes a far more glorious object to them to gaze upon and wonder at, even Christ, from whom she received all her beauty and glory; him she describes by his bed, and the guard about it, in this and the following verse; by the chariot he rides in; in verses 9, 10. and by the royal crown he wore on his coronation day, in verse 11. In these words we have,
I. To consider who is meant by Solomon.
III. The guard that is about it, which is here described.