Proverbs 7:17

“I have perfumed my bed, etc.] As she had made it entertaining to the senses of seeing and feeling, it being showy and gaudy, soft and easy; so to the sense of smelling; and all to provoke lust, and draw into her embraces; by censing it with incense, as Donesh in Jarchi; or by sprinklingf186 a liquor, made of the following spices, on the head, posts, and sides of the bed, to remove all ill scents, and make it more acceptable; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions, render it, “I sprinkled my bed”: or, it may be, by suffumigation, which women are said to use with their garments and bed clothesf187. Even this the harlot did, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon; all…”

“bed--a place for sleeping.”

“The love of perfumes is here, as in Isaiah 3:24, a sign of luxurious vice. Cinnamon - The Hebrew word is identical with the English. The spice imported by the Phoenician traders from the further East, probably from Ceylon, has kept its name through all changes of language. return to 'Top of Page'”

“perfumed: Sol 3:6; Isa 57:7-9 with: Psa 45:8; Sol 4:13, Sol 4:14 Proverbs 7:19”