afraid of the dark?

by peacefulpete 9 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete

    Song of Solomon 3:7,8 has Solomon so terrified of the "night" that he has 60 valient men with swords drawn circle his bed each night. The book has shown to be a reworked fertility goddess poem in other threads. The passage here seems to be betraying the superstition of night demons/monsters that roamed around slaying folks in their sleep. Jewish tradition had accepted this superstition as shown in the Pesachim, 112b:

    "Do not go out at night. Not on Wednesday night or on Sabbath night, because Igrath (Agrat) the daughter of Mahalath (Machalat) along with 180,000 destroying angels are out, each with permission to cause destruction independently."

    They are called ruchin, shedin, lilin, tiharim

  • shotgun
    shotgun

    I would imagine it was not called Wednesday during Solomon lifetime...

    I think he coined the term Humpday...considering his 300 wives and 700 concubines.

  • franklin J
    franklin J

    he must have been an "impressive" guy ; I am sure he ate his wheaties..

    and what kind of energy must he have had to have had ALL those women? Not to mention the pocket book.....

  • frenchbabyface
    frenchbabyface

    FJ : he must have been an "impressive" guy ... and what kind of energy must he have had to have had ALL those women?

    Maybe just a good strategy :

    300 wives, 700 concubines and 60 men to circle his bed ?

    Well lets see : that's about 300 wifes in the bathroom kitchen for the before and After baths / meals also taking care of the kids / and 10 women for a man in the bedroom ... good wage ... more you share more they care !

    sorry i'm in the mood for kidding ...

  • franklin J
    franklin J

    LOL at frenchbabyface, yes, I think you may have called it correctly!

  • dh
    dh

    only 180,000, they got nothin' on me.

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    See also Psalm 91:5-6: "You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday". And Job 24:17: "For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, for he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness".

  • Badger
    Badger

    Yeah, but that 300 times you have to watch Hope Floats, have to buy romance novels, have to tell them they don't look fat...

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete

    thanks Leolaia. the rest of you are oversexed. lol

  • Incense_and_Peppermints
    Incense_and_Peppermints

    afraid of the dark?

    (i think i saw that story of solomon with "60 valiant men" with drawn swords around his bed on the playboy channel one night )

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