6 What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant? 7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel,8 all of them wearing swords and expert in war,each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night.9 King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.10 He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.11 Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart. Song of Solomon 3:6-11 A wedding is a big deal because it’s the start of a marriage Marriage is an exclusive, lifelong commitment One day there will be a greater King and a better wedding