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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