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Who is this(A) coming up from the wilderness
like columns of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense(B)
from every fragrant powder of the merchant?

Look! Solomon’s bed
surrounded by sixty warriors
from the mighty men of Israel.
All of them are skilled with swords
and trained in warfare.
Each has his sword at his side(C)
to guard against the terror of the night.(D)

King Solomon made a carriage for himself
with wood from Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
its back[a] of gold,
and its seat of purple.
Its interior is inlaid with love[b]
by the young women of Jerusalem.(E)
11 Go out, young women of Zion,(F)
and gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown his mother placed on him
on the day of his wedding(G)
the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

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Notas al pie

  1. 3:10 Or base, or canopy
  2. 3:10 Or leather

Solomon Arrives for the Wedding

(A)What is that coming up from the wilderness
    like (B)columns of smoke,
perfumed with (C)myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
Behold, it is the litter[a] of Solomon!
Around it are (D)sixty (E)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,
all of them wearing swords
    and expert in war,
each with his (F)sword at his thigh,
    against (G)terror by night.
King Solomon made himself a carriage[b]
    from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
    its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
    by (H)the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go out, O (I)daughters of Zion,
    and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
    on (J)the day of his wedding,
    on the day of the gladness of his heart.

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Notas al pie

  1. Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
  2. Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair