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Song of Songs 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 3
A Troubled Night
The Shulamite Seeks Her True Love
The Shulamite
1 By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
​​I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 ​​“I will rise now,” I said,
​​“And go about the city;
​​In the streets and in the squares
​​I will seek the one I love.”
​​I sought him, but I did not find him.
3 ​​The watchmen who go about the city found me;
​​I said,
​​“Have you seen the one I love?”
​
4 ​​Scarcely had I passed by them,
​​When I found the one I love.
​​I held him and would not let him go,
​​Until I had brought him to the house of my mother,
​​And into the chamber of her who conceived me.
​
5 ​​I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
​​By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
​​Do not stir up nor awaken love
​​Until it pleases.
The Coming of Solomon
The Shulamite
6 ​​Who is this coming out of the wilderness
​​Like pillars of smoke,
​​Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
​​With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
7 ​​Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
​​With sixty valiant men around it,
​​Of the valiant of Israel.
8 ​​They all hold swords,
​​Being expert in war.
​​Every man has his sword on his thigh
​​Because of fear in the night.
​
9 ​​Of the wood of Lebanon
​​Solomon the King
​​Made himself a palanquin:[fn]
10 ​​He made its pillars of silver,
​​Its support of gold,
​​Its seat of purple,
​​Its interior paved with love
​​By the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 ​​Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
​​And see King Solomon with the crown
​​With which his mother crowned him
​​On the day of his wedding,
​​The day of the gladness of his heart.
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