Ps.45.8

Psalm 45:8

KJV Jesus

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song.

Cross References

John 19:39

KJV

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

The Burial of Jesus

Numbers 24:6

KJV

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

Balaam’s Third Oracle

1 Kings 10:18

KJV

¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor

Psalm 150:4

KJV

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the LORD

Proverbs 7:17

KJV

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Warnings about the Adulteress

Song of Solomon 1:13

KJV

A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

The Bride Confesses Her Love

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

Song of Solomon 4:14

KJV

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Solomon Admires His Bride

Amos 3:15

KJV GOD

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.