10 “‘Men of Persia,(A) Lydia(B) and Put(C)
    served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields(D) and helmets on your walls,
    bringing you splendor.

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10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

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Your neck is like the tower(A) of David,
    built with courses of stone[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,(B)
    all of them shields of warriors.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

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