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”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I had just passed them</p><p class="poem">when I found the one I love.</p><p class="poem">I held on to him and would not let him go</p><p class="poem">until I brought him to my mother’s house<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">to the chamber of the one who conceived me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you</p><p class="poem">by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,</p><p class="poem">do not stir up or awaken love</p><p class="poem">until the appropriate time.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.3.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Narrator</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who is this<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> coming up from the wilderness</p><p class="poem">like columns of smoke,</p><p class="poem">scented with myrrh and frankincense<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">from every fragrant powder of the merchant?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Look! Solomon’s bed</p><p class="poem">surrounded by sixty warriors</p><p class="poem">from the mighty men of Israel.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All of them are skilled with swords</p><p class="poem">and trained in warfare.</p><p class="poem">Each has his sword at his side<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">to guard against the terror of the night.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>King Solomon made a carriage for himself</p><p class="poem">with wood from Lebanon.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He made its posts of silver,</p><p class="poem">its back<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.3.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of gold,</p><p class="poem">and its seat of purple.</p><p class="poem">Its interior is inlaid with love<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.3.10.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">by the young women of Jerusalem.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.3.11" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go out, young women of Zion,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and gaze at King Solomon,</p><p class="poem">wearing the crown his mother placed on him</p><p class="poem">on the day of his wedding<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.3.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">the day of his heart’s rejoicing.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-SongofSongs.3" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.3.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.1">3:1</a></span> Or <span class="italic">bed night after night</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.3.1.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.1">3:1</a></span> LXX adds <span class="italic">I called him, but he did not answer me</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.3.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.5">3:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">until it pleases</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.3.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.10">3:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">base</span>, or <span class="italic">canopy</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.3.10.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.10">3:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">leather</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-SongofSongs.3" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.1">3:1</a></span> Sg 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.1">3:1</a></span> Sg 5:6</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.2">3:2</a></span> Jr 5:1</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.3">3:3</a></span> Sg 5:7</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.4">3:4</a></span> Sg 8:2</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.5">3:5</a></span> Sg 2:7; 5:8; 8:4</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.6">3:6</a></span> Sg 6:10; 8:5</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.6">3:6</a></span> Sg 4:6,14</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.8">3:8</a></span> Ps 45:3</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.8">3:8</a></span> Ps 91:5</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.10">3:10</a></span> Sg 1:5</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.11">3:11</a></span> Is 3:16–17; 4:4</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.3.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.3.11">3:11</a></span> Is 62:5</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-SongofSongs.3" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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