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Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
All of them are those who seize the sword,
(A)Learned in war;
Each man has his (B)sword at his side,
Guarding against the [a](C)dreadful things of the night.
King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 3:8 Lit dreadful thing

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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