The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)