Song of Solomon 3:9

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 3:9, King James Version

Song of Solomon 3:9 in other translations

BSB	King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
WEB	King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.
ASV	King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
YLT	A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,
DARBY	King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
BBE	King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.
Webster	King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

What does Song of Solomon 3:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. chariot--more elaborately made than the "bed" or travelling litter (So 3:7), from a Hebrew root, "to elaborate" [Ewald]. So the temple of "cedar of Lebanon," as compared with the temporary tabernacle of shittim wood (2Sa 7:2, 6, 7; 1Ki 5:14; 6:15-18), Jesus Christ's body is the antitype, "made" by the Father for Him (1Co 1:30; He 10:5), the wood answering to His human nature, the gold, His divine; the two being but one Christ.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 Of the wood of Lebanon - Of the cedar that grew on that mount. It is very likely that a nuptial bed, not a chariot, is intended by the original word אפיון appiryon. Montanus properly translates it sponsarum thalamum, a nuptial bed. It may, however, mean a palanquin.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 3:6-11

A wilderness is an emblem of the world; the believer comes out of it when he is delivered from the love of its sinful pleasures and pursuits, and refuses to comply with its customs and fashions, to seek happiness in communion with the Saviour. A poor soul shall come up, at last, under the conduct of the Comforter; like a cloud of incense ascending from the altar, or the smoke of the burnt-offerings. This signifies…

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Song of Solomon 3:9 in the original Hebrew

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אַפִּרְי֗וֹן'a.pir.Yona litterH668

עָ֤שָׂה'A.sahhe has madeH6213

לוֹ֙lofor himself

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010

מֵעֲצֵ֖יme.'a.Tzeifrom [the] wood<s> ofH6086

הַלְּבָנֽוֹן\׃ha.le.va.Non<the> LebanonH3844

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 3:9

Song of Solomon 3:7
Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a chariot. or, a bed.{Appiryon,} rendered by Montanus, {sponsarum ithalamum,} "a nuptial bed;" but probably it denotes a kind of palanquin, perhaps synonymous with the Arabic {farfar,} a species of vehicle for women.
7; 2Sa 23:5; Re 14:6

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Context

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.
Song of Solomon 3:9
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Song of Solomon 3:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El rey Salomón se hizo una carroza de madera del Líbano.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Le roi Salomon s’est fait un palanquin de bois du Liban.
German Elberfelder 1871	Der König Salomo hat sich ein Prachtbett gemacht von dem Holze des Libanon.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ferculum fecit sibi rex Salomon de lignis Libani;