Song of Solomon 7:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 7

⁴Thy 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.

Song of Solomon 7:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 4:4
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Song of Solomon 4:8-9
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. …
Psalms 144:12
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
1 Kings 9:19
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
Song of Solomon 1:10
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

Topics

Bath-Rabbim Elephant Fishpool Ivory Pool

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

The title which Jesus Christ here gives to the church is new: O prince’s daughter! agreeing with Ps. 45:13; where she is called the king’s daughter. She is so in respect of her new birth, born from above, begotten of God, and his workmanship, bearing the image of the King of kings, and guided by his Spirit. She is so by marriage; Christ, by betrothing her to himself, though he found her mean and d…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. tower of ivory--In So 4:4, Jesus Christ saith, “a tower of David builded for an armory.” Strength and conquest are the main thought in His description; here, beauty and polished whiteness; contrast So 1:5. fishpools--seen by Burckhardt, clear (Re 22:1), deep, quiet, and full (1Co 2:10, 15). Heshbon--east of Jordan, residence of the Amorite king, Sihon (Nu 21:25, &c.), afterwards held by Gad. Ba…