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Song of Solomon 7:4

Song of Solomon 7:4
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

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Barnes' Notes

A tower of ivory - The tower of ivory, the allusion being to some particular tower, built probably by Solomon 1Ki 10:21. Fishpools in Heshbon - Or, simply pools. Among the ruins to the south of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

a tower of ivory Not a tower entirely built of ivory, but some well-known tower, or kind of tower, adorned with enriching panels or medallions of ivory. Cp. "the ivory palaces," Psa 45:8, and "the…