Chapter summary

In Song of Solomon 3, the woman searches through the city streets and squares at night for the one she loves, asking the city watchmen if they have seen him. Shortly after passing them, she finds him, holds him, and brings him to her mother’s house into the chamber of the one who conceived her. She then adjures the daughters of Jerusalem not to arouse or awaken love until the time is right. Later, an observer describes someone coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke scented with myrrh and frankincense. This is revealed to be King Solomon’s carriage, crafted from Lebanese timber with silver posts, a gold base, a purple seat, and an interior inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem, escorted by sixty armed mighty men of Israel. Finally, the daughters of Zion are invited to come out and gaze upon King Solomon wearing the crown his mother placed on his head on his wedding day.

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