And even greater breasts of towers....

Okay, one more example. Yes, again from the Bible. Esther was an insignificant girl of Jewish heritage during Persian rule when many Jews lived in captivity. She was beautiful naturally; the book of Esther reports that she had 'graceful features', and went through vigorous beauty treatments for almost a year (yikes!) to make herself acceptable for King Xerxes of Persia. The combination of natural attributes and beauty school resulted in Esther becoming a concubine of the king; again, a man who had much experience and would know a hot woman when he saw one. The Bible says he was so pleased with her that he crowned her queen and gave her all kinds of power. Hmm...we won't wonder here too much what exactly this could imply, but we'll get back to it.
What's the point of being queen? Maybe just preventing the annihilation of your people? Esther mustered up the courage to approach this powerful king and ask him to save the Jewish people from an edict that would have forced the death of all the Jews— and he did it. Just because she asked him, and dealt with him in a manner that worked. She, like Ruth, showed respect, a strong knowledge of a culture not her own, and an enormous faith in the good intentions of her man and God. It could’ve meant her death, revealing her Jewish heritage and daring to ask the king such a bold question, and she knew it. Breasts of towers, baby.

Breasts of Towers, continued

Another girl with Breasts of Towers is, yes, another Bible character-- Ruth. She was significant enough to have a book of the Bible named after her. Ruth wasn’t necessarily a hottie with a body (as our Song of Songs girl clearly was), but she was a faithful, thoughtful, courageous woman.  She was a foreigner who decided that caring for her dead husband's mom was more important than returning to her own people. So Ruth displayed first a lesson in faith. She trusted the God of her husband's family and put that relationship first. When Ruth arrived in this foreign land, she was resourceful, and started working even lower than a servant to put food on the table for her mother-in-law, Naomi. We know that this willingness to care and provide for Naomi, perhaps together with her beauty or foreign appearance, made Ruth noticeable to a very respected man, Boaz. He showed her great kindness, above what anyone would have expected, so that Ruth and Naomi realized he was rare. She stuck close for the harvesting time, and then followed that clever Naomi’s advice. She put herself out there by showing significant initiative: She slept at Boaz' feet on a threshing floor, akin to asking him to marry her and giving her the protection of his name, signified by his garment. She knew he would understand her actions and words, and she trusted him to take it from there.  Boaz proved to be up to the task, and handled it like a true man of character. Ruth's actions took confidence, an unwavering self-awareness, and love of and faith in people and in God. In other words: breasts of towers.

Breasts of Towers

If hotness can be described as much as an attitude as an appearance, then the title above is what I think of--and I get it from the Bible. I don’t know if you think of the Bible when you think of ‘hot girls’, but let me challenge you to reconsider. There is a woman in there that is the essence of “hotness.” You can find her in the little known but very juicy book Song of Songs. This is how her lover (yes, that is what they call him in there!) describes her:

“Your breasts are like two fawns

like twin fawns of a gazelle

that browse among the lilies.

Until the day breaks

and the shadows flee

I will go to the mountain of myrrh

and to the hill of incense.

All beautiful you are, my darling;

there is no flaw in you.” (Song of Songs 4:5-7) 

Are you blushing? Doesn’t he sound like he’s pretty happy with her physically, because you realize he’s speaking metaphorically, right? The 'lover' here is often contributed to be Solomon himself. As king of Israel, Solomon had a bunch of wives and even more concubines on the side. I wonder if he thought of them all this way, or perhaps because he had so much experience he had a special appreciation...? The Bible does say he was the wisest man to ever live... But I digress (and we don't know for certain that the poem is definitely indicating Solomon.)

Here is why I think she’s hot, though; read how she describes herself:

“I am a wall,

 and my breasts are like towers.

Thus I have become in his eyes

 like one bringing contentment.” (S.o.S. 8:10)

A wall. Surrounding a city, the treasure protected within. She is strength, she is safety, and the towers guide the way to the 'fortress.' Isn't this a wonderful metaphor for a confidence of what we can represent to our men? This girl KNOWS she’s hot. She knows her man is satisfied with her. She’s confident outwardly AND inwardly, enough to say her breasts are towers…she has the right attitude about herself, physically and emotionally.  She has accepted his view of her, that he is satisfied; and even beyond this, she realizes that the physical is linked to an emotional bond, a loving role of provision to her husband.

We will look at our Song of Songs girl a little more later, but there are a few other women of the Bible that are pretty hot, too....