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Look! It’s Solomon’s sedan chair,[a]
    with 60 of the best soldiers in Israel[b] surrounding it.
All of them are wearing swords and are
    experienced in battle.
Each has his sword on his thigh,
    ready for the terror of the night.[c]
King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself
    from the trees of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:7 Or palanquin; i.e. a portable compartment for carrying important people.
  2. Song of Solomon 3:7 Lit. mighty men from the mighty men of Israel
  3. Song of Solomon 3:8 Lit. thigh, from the terror of the night

Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,(A)
    the noblest of Israel,
all of them wearing the sword,
    all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
    prepared for the terrors of the night.(B)
King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.

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