Song of Solomon 1:9-11

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⁹My darling, you are more exciting to me
    than any mare among the stallions^[a] pulling Pharaoh’s chariots.^[b]
¹⁰Your cheeks are so beautiful
    with those ornaments hanging beside them.
Your neck is so lovely
    under that beautiful string of jewels.
¹¹Let’s make you some more gold jewelry
    and decorate it with silver.

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 1:9 mare … stallions Female and male horses. Only male horses were used to pull chariots.
Song of Solomon 1:9 Literally, “To a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots I compare you, my darling.”