Song of Solomon 4:4

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2 ^aYour teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
Which have come up from the washing,
Every one of which bears twins,
And none is¹ barren among them.

3 Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
^aYour temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.

4 ^aYour neck is like the tower of David,
Built ^bfor an armory,
On which hang a thousand¹ bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.

5 ^aYour two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
Which feed among the lilies.

6 ^aUntil the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Song of Solomon 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David - It is certain that bucklers were frequently hung about towers, both for their ornaments, and to have them at hand when their use was required; see Ezekiel 27:10. But the allusion here may be to those pillars which are often seen in armouries on which weapons of various kinds are hung, formed into a great variety of shapes and very splendid. Whoever has seen the armoury in the tower of London, or such like places, has most probably seen something very similar to that of which the poet speaks.

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