Bible Strands
Song of Solomon 3:9
King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s royal procession in Song of Solomon 3, focusing on the construction of his carriage amid the night escort detailed in the surrounding verses.
The words — The Hebrew term אַפִּרְי֗וֹן ('a.pir.Yon) denotes a covered litter or carriage, while עָ֤שָׂה ('A.sah) records the king’s active fabrication of this vehicle from the timber of Lebanon.
The thread — The carriage imagery first appears in Song of Solomon 3:7 with sixty mighty men, and its physical construction expands in 3:10 with silver posts, a gold base, and purple upholstery.
Why it lands — The text plainly records Solomon’s deliberate crafting of a luxury transport from imported wood, asking the reader to acknowledge royal authority and material craftsmanship without importing external theological claims.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 3:7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.