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In this verse, King Solomon is saying that he is a black, beautiful man. In the ancient world, you had many nomadic groups of people. Saying tents is a way to group those people, i.e. tents of Kedar means the people of Kedar. Kedar Dark-skinned Ishmaelites

Note There is a slight mistranslation on this verse: the word but should really be 'and' as the Hebrew character in its place is a 'wa'

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Genesis 50:11 Job 30:30 Jeremiah 14:2 Lamentations 4:8 Hosea 7:8 Amos 9:7 Revelation 1:13-16

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Song of Solomon 2:14

¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

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Song of Solomon 4:3

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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Song of Solomon 6:4

¶ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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