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It’s Solomon’s sedan chair,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 Or palanquin; i.e. a portable compartment for carrying important people.">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">with 60 of the best soldiers in Israel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 Lit. mighty men from the mighty men of Israel">g</a></span> surrounding it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All of them are wearing swords and are</p> <p class="poetry2">experienced in battle.</p> <p class="poetry2">Each has his sword on his thigh,</p> <p class="poetry2">ready for the terror of the night.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:8 Lit. thigh, from the terror of the night">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself</p> <p class="poetry2">from the trees of Lebanon.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He made its posts of silver,</p> <p class="poetry2">its back of gold.</p> <p class="poetry2">Its seat was purple,</p> <p class="poetry2">and its interior was lovingly inlaid</p> <p class="poetry2">by the young women of Jerusalem.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come out, young women of Zion,</p> <p class="poetry2">and see King Solomon with the crown</p> <p class="poetry2">with which his mother crowned him</p> <p class="poetry2">on his wedding day—</p> <p class="poetry2">his day of great delight.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:11 Lit. day of the rejoicing of his heart">i</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 3:3 The Heb. lacks <i>I asked</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 3:5 Lit. <i>until it pleases</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 3:6 Or <i>Who</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 3:6 Myrrh was a fragrant spice used as a perfume.<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 3:6 Or <i>frankincense</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 3:7 Or <i>palanquin</i>; 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