"He made the pillars thereof {of} silver, the bottom thereof {of} gold, the covering of it {of} purple, the midst thereof…" — Song of Solomon 3:10

Song of Solomon 3:10 · KJV

“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.”

— Song of Solomon 3:10

Verse 9

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. {a chariot: or, a bed}

Verse 11

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.

Song of Solomon 3 — Context

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.

Cross References

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, {who is} the faithful witness, {and} the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

1 Timothy 3:15-16

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. {ground: or, stay}

Revelation 3:12

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, {which is} new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and {I will write upon him} my new name.

Ephesians 3:18-19

May be able to comprehend with all saints what {is} the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

Psalms 87:3

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Song of Solomon 1:5

I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.