Song of Songs 3:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 8:16 : 16 He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
  • 1 Sam 14:52 : 52 All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.
  • 1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.
  • 1 Kgs 14:27 : 27 So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.
  • 2 Kgs 6:17 : 17 Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
  • Song 1:16 : 16 See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
  • Song 3:9 : 9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

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  • Song 3:8-11
    4 verses
    77%

    8 All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.

    9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

    10 He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it of ebony.

    11 Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • Song 3:6
    73%

    6 Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

  • Prov 7:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;

    17 I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.

  • 2 Sam 17:10
    70%

    10 Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

    16 In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17
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    17 And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
    69%

    9 But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.

  • 2 Chr 2:17-18
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    69%

    17 Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.

    18 Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.

  • Isa 3:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years;

    3 The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

  • Nah 2:3
    69%

    3 For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.

  • 2 Chr 9:16
    68%

    16 And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • Song 6:8
    68%

    8 There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.

  • Ps 76:5
    68%

    5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

  • 2 Chr 2:2
    68%

    2 And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

  • 1 Chr 11:10
    68%

    10 Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

  • Nah 3:3
    68%

    3 Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13 Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
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    26 And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
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    7 Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    68%

    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Kgs 11:7-8
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    68%

    7 And the two divisions of you, who go out on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the house of the Lord,

    8 Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-47
    2 verses
    67%

    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

    47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

  • 1 Kgs 7:3
    67%

    3 And it was covered with cedar over the forty-five supports which were on the pillars, fifteen in a line.

  • Isa 22:7
    67%

    7 And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    67%

    26 And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 23:41
    67%

    41 And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.

  • Amos 3:12
    67%

    12 These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

  • 1 Kgs 10:20
    67%

    20 And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    67%

    15 And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

  • Song 8:12
    67%

    12 My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.

  • Nah 2:5
    67%

    5 The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

  • Ezek 23:6
    67%

    6 Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

  • 1 Kgs 1:3
    67%

    3 So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

  • 2 Chr 1:14
    67%

    14 And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
    67%

    25 Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
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    11 Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.

  • Song 6:10
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    10 Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?

  • Num 31:33
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    33 And seventy-two thousand oxen,

  • 1 Sam 19:16
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    16 And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head

  • 2 Chr 1:17
    66%

    17 A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • Ps 132:3
    66%

    3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,