# General Information:

Here the writer begins to describe what appears to be the wedding ceremony of the king and his bride.

# myrrh, aloes, and cassia

These are aromatic plant substances that people used to make perfumes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

# ivory palaces

Ivory is a hard white substance that forms animal's tusks. This phrase describes a palace with walls and furniture that people have decorated with ivory.

# stringed instruments have made you glad

The words "stringed instruments" refers to the music that people make by playing the stringed instruments. AT: "the music of stringed instruments has made you glad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])