King James Version
Song of Solomon 3:7 in the King James Version says “Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.” — study this verse from Song of Solomon chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.”
Song of Solomon 3:7 · KJV
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. a chariot: or, a bed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold his bed”
H4296a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier
“men are about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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