Song of Songs 3:8 (WEB)
They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“Would you know what sort of a throne our true Solomon, the Prince of Peace, has, and what his attendants are like?“Behold,” he says, “it is the litter of Solomon: threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel.” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 7, 8.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Above it is said: “Sixty strong men round about its offspring, armed with drawn swords, and expert in warlike discipline,” here there are a thousand and two hundred.” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 7, 8.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence, again, of the strong warriors of the heavenly country it is said, Every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fears in the night (Cant. iii. 8).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.33.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.33.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.33.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.33.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.33.