Song of Solomon 3:6-11

International Children’s Bible

⁶ Who is this coming out of the desert
    like a cloud of smoke?
Who is this that smells like myrrh, incense
    and other spices?
⁷ Look, it’s Solomon’s couch^[a]
    with 60 soldiers around it.
    They are the finest soldiers of Israel.
⁸ These soldiers all carry swords.
    They have been trained in war.
Every man wears his sword at his side.
    He is ready for the dangers of the night.
⁹ King Solomon had a couch made for himself.
    It is made of wood from Lebanon.
¹⁰ He made its posts of silver
    and its braces of gold.
The seat was covered with purple cloth.
    The women of Jerusalem wove it with love.
¹¹ Women of Jerusalem, go out and see King Solomon.
    He is wearing the crown his mother put on his head.
It was his wedding day,
    when his heart was happy!