“They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.”
Song of Solomon 3:8 (KJV) |
Song of Solomon 3:8
From Song of Solomon 3, in the Book of Song of Solomon (Old Testament).
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Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.