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Song of Songs

Chapter 3

The Bride’s Dream and Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day

Song of Songs 3 moves from anxious nighttime searching to joyful finding, then widens into a public vision of royal splendor and wedding celebration. The chapter holds private longing and public honor together, showing love as something both deeply personal and openly glorious.

As the third chapter of Song of Songs, this passage extends the book's movement from desire into pursuit, discovery, and solemn delight. It deepens the poem's emotional register by showing that true love endures absence, rejoices in reunion, and can culminate in covenantal celebration before a wider community.

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Song of Songs 3

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vv. 1-5

The Bride’s Dream

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O1n my bed at night 2I will arise now and go about the city, 3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city:

4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. 5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you

vv. 6-11

Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day

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W6ho is this coming up from the wilderness 7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, 8All are skilled with the sword,

9King Solomon has made his carriage 10He has made its posts of silver, 11Come out, O daughters of Zion,

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  1. 01vv. 1-5The Bride’s DreamThe bride recounts a night search in which she rises from bed, wanders the city, questions the watchmen, and at last finds the one she loves. The dream sequence captures the ache of absence, the urgency of pursuit, and the relief of restored closeness.
  2. 02vv. 6-11Solomon Arrives on His Wedding DayThe chapter's second movement shifts from the bride's dream to a public procession marked by fragrance, guards, costly craftsmanship, and royal joy. The scene presents Solomon's arrival as majestic and festive, joining love to covenant, beauty, and communal witness.
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