Thematic Bible
Song of Solomon 3:1 (show verse)
The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.
Song of Solomon 3:2 (show verse)
"I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved." I searched for him but I did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:3 (show verse)
The night watchmen found me -- the ones who guard the city walls. "Have you seen my beloved?"
Song of Solomon 3:4 (show verse)
Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.
Song of Solomon 3:5 (show verse)
The Adjuration Refrain The Beloved to the Maidens:I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: "Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!"
No Themes for this verse.
Song of Solomon 3:6 (show verse)
The Speaker: Who is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense, every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants?
Song of Solomon 3:7 (show verse)
Look! It is Solomon's portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel's mightiest warriors.
Song of Solomon 3:8 (show verse)
All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.
Song of Solomon 3:9 (show verse)
King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 3:10 (show verse)
Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 3:11 (show verse)
Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!