King James Version
Song of Solomon 3:9 in the King James Version says “King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. a chariot: or, a bed” — study this verse from Song of Solomon chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. a chariot: or, a bed”
Song of Solomon 3:9 · KJV
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
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
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