Song of Solomon 3:1-11
Berean Standard Bible
Chapter overview
Unable to find her beloved at night, the woman searches streets and squares, asks the watchmen, and finally holds him close. The scene then turns to Solomon’s fragrant, guarded procession, richly crafted carriage, wedding crown, and public gladness.
SearchingReunionDevotionWedding processionJoy
1On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
2I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
8All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
9King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
10He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
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