Bible Strands
Song of Solomon 3:10
He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s elaborately constructed carriage while the daughters of Jerusalem and Zion gather to observe it. The description occurs between the account of the carriage’s timber construction and the invitation to gaze at the crowned king.
The words — מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ (merkav-o) translates literally as "its seat," and תּוֹכּוֹ (to-kho) means "its middle" or interior. These terms specify the carriage’s internal furnishings rather than its external frame.
The thread — The imagery of precious materials and communal observation appears in Song 1:5 and Psalms 87:3, while the narrative structure of royal preparation parallels the witness account in Romans 5:8.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how material wealth and communal attention frame royal presence. It asks the reader to observe how physical details serve as the immediate context for covenantal celebration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 87:3 Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
- Song of Solomon 1:5 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Romans 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Ephesians 3:18 will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
- 1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
- Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.