English Standard Version
Song of Songs 3:9
9King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.
Song of Songs 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
- New International Version (NIV)King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Of the wood of Lebanon Solomon the King Made himself a palanquin:
- New Living Translation (NLT)King Solomon’s carriage is built of wood imported from Lebanon.
Context of Song of Songs 3:9
7Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel, 8all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night. King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon. 10He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem. 11Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.
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אַפִּרְי֗וֹן עָ֤שָׂה לוֹ֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֵעֲצֵ֖י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Of 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 original word אפיון appiryon . Montanus properly translates it sponsarum thalamum, a nuptial bed. It may, however, mean a palanquin.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 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 refuses to comply with its customs and fashions, to seek happiness in communion with the Saviour. A poor soul shall come up, at last, under the conduct of the Comforter; like a cloud of incense ascending from the altar, or the smoke of the burnt-offerings. This signifies pious and devout affections…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10King Solomon's carriage was made from materials that matched his wealth and power. It included the same costly Lebanese wood used to build the Temple (1 Kings 5:5–6). inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem: Despite all his splendor, Solomon was admired and served with love, even by his servants.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. chariot--more elaborately made than the "bed" or travelling litter (So 3:7), from a Hebrew root, "to elaborate" [Ewald]. So the temple of "cedar of Lebanon," as compared with the temporary tabernacle of shittim wood (2Sa 7:2, 6, 7; 1Ki 5:14; 6:15-18), Jesus Christ's body is the antitype, "made" by the Father for Him (1Co 1:30; He 10:5), the wood answering to His human nature, the gold, His divine; the two being but one Christ.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 9King Solomon made himself a palanquin This refers to the Tent of Meeting, which was established in the Tabernacle at Shiloh. He made Himself a crowning canopy for glory.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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