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Look! It’s Solomon’s own carriage.[a]
Sixty warriors surround it,
the most heroic of Israel,
all of them wearing a sword,
all trained for battle,
each man with his sword at his side,
ready for the terrors of the night.

This palanquin[b] King Solomon made for himself
    out of wood from Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 3:7 Carriage here does not refer to a wheeled vehicle but to a portable chair or couch carried by porters.
  2. Song of Songs 3:9 A palanquin is a fancy chair or couch on which a dignitary is carried. The Hebrew word is as exotic as palanquin is.