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Song Of Songs 3:4-10 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

4. As soon as I left them, I found him.I held him and wouldn't let him gountil I took him to my mother's house,to the room where I was born.

5. Promise me, women of Jerusalem;swear by the swift deer and the gazellesthat you will not interrupt our love.

6. What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke,fragrant with incense and myrrh,the incense sold by the traders?

7. Solomon is coming, carried on his throne;sixty soldiers form the bodyguard,the finest soldiers in Israel.

8. All of them are skilful with the sword;they are battle-hardened veterans.Each of them is armed with a sword,on guard against a night attack.

9. King Solomon is carried on a thronemade of the finest wood.

10. Its posts are covered with silver;over it is cloth embroidered with gold.Its cushions are covered with purple cloth,lovingly woven by the women of Jerusalem.

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