Song of Songs 3:6-11

Narrator

6 What is this^[a] coming up from the wilderness^[b] like columns of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense^[c] from every fragrant powder of the merchant?

7 It is Solomon's royal litter^[d] surrounded by 60 warriors from the mighty of Israel.

8 All of them are skilled with swords and trained in warfare. Each has his sword at his side [to guard] against the terror of the night.^[e]

9 King Solomon made a sedan chair^[f] for himself with wood from Lebanon.

10 He made its posts of silver, its back^[g] of gold, and its seat of purple. Its interior is inlaid with love^[h] by the young women of Jerusalem.

11 Come out, young women of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother placed on him the day of his wedding- the day of his heart's rejoicing.

Song of Songs 3:6-11 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Sg 6:10; 8:5
• [b]. Sg 8:5
• [c]. Sg 4:6,14
• [d]. A conveyance carried on the shoulders of servants
• [e]. Of the night is the same Hb word translated at night in Sg 3:1.
• [f]. Perhaps a synonym for the Hb word translated litter in Sg 3:7; also called a palanquin
• [g]. Or base, or canopy
• [h]. Or leather