Song of Solomon 3:8
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
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The principal and central action of the Song; the bride’s entry into the city of David, and her marriage there with the king. Jewish interpreters regard this part of the poem as symbolizing the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
They all hold swords This is a circumstantial and descriptive clause, and their holding swords is not meant to be explained by expert in war, as the insertion of -being" in the A.V. might suggest.…
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