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It is Solomon’s carriage,</p><p class="line2">escorted by sixty warriors,</p><p class="line2">the noblest of Israel,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>all of them wearing the sword,</p><p class="line2">all experienced in battle,</p><p class="line1">each with his sword at his side,</p><p class="line2">prepared for the terrors of the night.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>King Solomon made for himself the carriage;</p><p class="line2">he made it of wood from Lebanon.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Its posts he made of silver,</p><p class="line2">its base of gold.</p><p class="line1">Its seat was upholstered with purple,</p><p class="line2">its interior inlaid with love.</p><p class="line1">Daughters of Jerusalem, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>come out,</p><p class="line2">and look, you daughters of Zion.</p><p class="line1">Look <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or interior lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Come out, you daughters of Zion, and look">a</a></sup></span> on King Solomon wearing a crown,</p><p class="line2">the crown with which his mother crowned him</p><p class="line1">on the day of his wedding,</p><p class="line2">the day his heart rejoiced.</p></div></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>interior lovingly inlaid<br />     by the daughters of Jerusalem.<br />     <span class="fnref">11</span>Come out, you daughters of Zion,<br />     and look</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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