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See! it is the litter of Solomon;
    sixty valiant men surround it,
    of the valiant men of Israel:
All of them expert with the sword,
    skilled in battle,
Each with his sword at his side
    against the terrors[a] of the night.
King Solomon made himself an enclosed litter
    of wood from Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Terrors: cf. Ps 91:5; perhaps bandits lying in wait, unidentified dangers lurking in darkness.

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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