Song of Solomon 3:8

“They all hold swords, etc.] Or a “sword”f186; the word is singular, which designs the word of God, called the sword of the Spirit, and said to be sharper than a twoedged sword, (<490617>Ephesians 6:17) (<580412>Hebrews 4:12); which everyone of the ministers of the Gospel hold in their hands; and which denotes not only their apprehension, but their retention of it, and firm adherence to it; it cleaves to them, and they to that; they and their sword cannot be parted, as Gussetiusf187 observes the word signifies; these ministers could not be prevailed upon to drop it, or part with it, but retained it to the last; which shows them to be valiant men; [being] expert in war; in military straits, in…”

“The principal and central action of the Song; the bride’s entry into the city of David, and her marriage there with the king. Jewish interpreters regard this part of the poem as symbolizing the “first” entrance of the Church of the Old Testament into the land of promise, and her spiritual espousals, and communion with the King of kings, through the erection of Solomon’s Temple and the institution of its acceptable worship. Christian fathers, in a like spirit, make most things here refer to the espousals of the Church with Christ in the Passion and Resurrection, or the communion of Christian souls with Him in meditation thereon. Song of Solomon 3:6-11 Two or more citizens of Jerusalem, or the…”

“Every man - Is prepared and ready to fight, to prevent those dangers which are frequent in the night season. The night may denote the whole time of this life, which may well be called night in respect of that ignorance and error wherewith it is attended, (as the future life is compared to day) this life being the only time wherein such a guard is necessary. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 3:9”

“all: Psa 45:3, Psa 149:5-9; Isa 27:3; Eph 6:16-18 because: Neh 4:21, Neh 4:22; Th1 5:6-8 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 3:9”