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Look, it’s Solomon’s couch[a]
    with sixty soldiers around it,
    the finest soldiers of Israel.
These soldiers all carry swords
    and have been trained in war.
Every man wears a sword at his side
    and is ready for the dangers of the night.
King Solomon had a couch made for himself
    of wood from Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:7 couch Something like a bed carried by slaves on which the king lay or sat while traveling.

Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,(A)
    the noblest of Israel,
all of them wearing the sword,
    all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
    prepared for the terrors of the night.(B)
King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.

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