Song of Solomon 6:11-13

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¹¹“I went down into the orchard of nuts and out to the valley to see the springtime there, to see whether the grapevines were budding or the pomegranates were blossoming yet. ¹²Before I realized it, I was stricken with terrible homesickness and wanted to be back among my own people.”^[a]

The Young Women of Jerusalem: ¹³“Return, return to us, O maid of Shulam. Come back, come back, that we may see you once again.”

The Girl: “Why should you seek a mere Shulammite?”

King Solomon: “Because you dance so beautifully.”^[b]

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 6:12 among my own people, literally, “among the chariots of my princely people.” Another possible reading is, “beside my beloved in his chariot.”
Song of Solomon 6:13 you dance so beautifully, literally, “you move as upon a dance before two armies.”