Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 3:9
A church father on this verse
“King Solomon made himself a palanquin, etc. It is called a palanquin because it carries the bodies of those seated or reclining at a banquet, or because it is usually carried from place to place according to the opportunity of the times. The holy Church is rightly compared to this, as it lifts believers to the feast o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon.
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7Behold Solomon’s bed; Sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it.
8They all hold a sword, Being expert in war: Every man has his sword upon his thigh Because of fear by night.
— Song of Solomon 3:9 —
10He made the pillars of it silver, The bottom of it gold, The covering of it scarlet, In the midst of it a pavement of love, For the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Go forth, ye daughters of Zion, And behold King Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.