Song Of Solomon 6:8
There are qthreescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
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1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
2 Chronicles 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
Psalms 45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Song Of Solomon 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
a certain number for an uncertain. The sense seems to be this, There are many beautiful queens and concubines in the world, in the courts of princes, and particularly in Solomon’s court; but none of them is to be compared with my spouse, and my heart is set upon none of them, but only upon my spouse, as the following verse declareth. Or the queens and concubines may note the particular congregations which are called by Christ’s name, and the virgins may signify the particular believers or professors; all which do make up one catholic church, as it follows. See Poole "Psa 45:10", See Poole "Psa 45:14", See Poole "Psa 45:15". Virgins; either,
1. Which wait upon the queens and concubines. Or,
2. Which were reserved as a nursery, out of which queens and concubines were to be taken.