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Song of Songs 2:1-2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Chapter 2

1 W I am a flower of Sharon,[a]
    a lily of the valleys.
2 M Like a lily among thorns,
    so is my friend among women.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Flower of Sharon: probably the narcissus, which grows in the fertile Plain of Sharon lying between Mount Carmel and Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast. Lily: the lotus plant.
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