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Solomon, Chapter 3

¹ “^a BRIDEOn my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.	1 Sol 1:7 Sol 5:6
² ‘^b Or Let me ariseI must arise now and^c Or Let me arisego about the city; In the streets and in the squares ^d Or Let me seekI must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him.	2 Jer 5:1
³ “The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’	3 Sol 5:7 Isa 21:6-8 Isa 21:11 Isa 21:12
⁴ “Scarcely had I^e Lit passedleft them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother’s house, And into the room of her who conceived me.”	4 Pro 8:17 Pro 4:13 Rom 8:35 Rom 8:39 Sol 8:2
⁵ “^f BRIDEGROOMI adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you will not arouse or awaken my love Until^g Or itshe pleases.”	5 Sol 2:7 Sol 5:8 Sol 8:4 Sol 2:7
⁶ “^h CHORUSⁱ Lit WhoWhat is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all scented powders of the merchant?	6 Sol 8:5 Exo 13:21 Joe 2:30 Sol 1:13 Sol 4:6 Sol 4:14 Mat 2:11 Exo 30:34 Rev 18:13
⁷ “Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty mighty men around it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
⁸ “All of them are wielders of the sword, Expert in war; Each man has his sword at his side, Guarding against the^j Lit terror in the nightsterrors of the night.	8 Jer 50:9 Psa 45:3 Psa 91:5
⁹ “King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.
¹⁰ “He made its posts of silver, Its^k Or supportback of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fitted out By the daughters of Jerusalem.	10 Sol 1:5
¹¹ “Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And gaze on King Solomon with the^l Or wreathcrown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart.”	11 Isa 3:16 Isa 3:17 Isa 4:4 Isa 62:5


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