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Song of Solomon 6:8

Song of Solomon 6:8
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

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Barnes' Notes

Song of Solomon 6:4-9

The section might be entitled, “Renewed declaration of love after brief estrangement.” Son 6:4 Tirzah ... Jerusalem - Named together as the then two fairest cities of the land. For Jerusalem compare…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This is evidently a description of a hareem, and it can only be Solomon's own. The word translated arehere is somewhat anomalous, and Budde would substitute -to Solomon are." But this is a much more…

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