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Song of Solomon 4:4

Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

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ASV

Thy neck is like the tower of David Builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

KJV

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כְּמִגְדַּ֤לke.mig.Dal[is] like [the] tower ofH4026 →
דָּוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732 →
צַוָּארֵ֔ךְtza.va.Rekhneck yourH6677 →
בָּנ֖וּיba.NuibuiltH1129 →
לְתַלְפִּיּ֑וֹתle.tal.pi.Yotto layersH8530 →
אֶ֤לֶף'E.lef<the> thousandH505 →
הַמָּגֵן֙ha.ma.Gen<the> shield[s]H4043 →
תָּל֣וּיta.Lui[is] hungH8518 →
עָלָ֔יו'a.Lavon itH5921 →
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605 →
שִׁלְטֵ֥יshil.Tei[the] shields ofH7982 →
הַגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃ha.gi.bo.Rimthe warriorsH1368 →

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Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.Ezekiel 27:10–11Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.Ephesians 4:15–16Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.Nehemiah 3:19And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the Ascent to the Armory, near the angle in the wall.2 Samuel 22:51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”Song of Solomon 1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.2 Chronicles 12:9–11So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.2 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.2 Chronicles 9:15–16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.Isaiah 22:8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

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