Song of Solomon 3:4-11

4 As soon as I left them, I found him. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I took him to my mother's house, to the room where I was born.

5 Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.

6 What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?

7 Solomon is coming, carried on his throne; sixty soldiers form the bodyguard, the finest soldiers in Israel.

8 All of them are skillful with the sword; they are battle-hardened veterans. Each of them is armed with a sword, on guard against a night attack.

9 King Solomon is carried on a throne made of the finest wood.

10 Its posts are covered with silver; over it is cloth embroidered with gold. Its cushions are covered with purple cloth, lovingly woven by the women of Jerusalem.

11 Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, on the day of his gladness and joy.

Song of Solomon 3:4-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 3

In this chapter an account is given of an adventure of the church, in quest of her beloved; of the time when, and places where, and the persons of whom she sought him; and of her success upon the whole; with a charge she give to the daughters of Jerusalem, So 3:1-5; by whom she is commended, So 3:6; and then Christ, her beloved, is described by her; by his bed, and the guard about it, So 3:7,8; by the chariot he rode in, So 3:9,10; and by the crown he wore on his coronation day, So 3:11.