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A royal wedding

Who is this who is coming from the desert?[a]
    It seems that smoke is rising into the air!
There is a lovely smell of myrrh and incense.[b]
    It is the smell of all the spices that a trader sells.
Look! They are carrying King Solomon on a throne![c]
    60 soldiers are travelling with it.[d]
    They are Israel's bravest soldiers.
All of them have swords.
    They all know how to fight well.
Their swords are ready for them to use.
    They are ready for any danger that comes in the night.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 The speaker here may be the young woman herself, or it might be one of her friends.
  2. 3:6 The ‘smoke’ that is rising may be sand or dirt from the ground. It blows about because many people are moving. There is also a lovely smell of spice.
  3. 3:7 People could carry someone on this kind of throne. See verse 9.
  4. 3:7 Verses 7 and 9 may mean that King Solomon is the man in the story. But, if not, maybe the man and woman are singing a song at their marriage. The song that they sing is about Solomon's marriage.