the dark tents of Kedar, just as the girl’s attractiveness is in contrast to her dark skin? The “curtains”, however, might refer to the dark hangings which divided the tent into separate quarters, and thus just another way of referring to the dark tents. The New English Bible translation assumes that instead of Solomon we read Shalmah—the Hebrew letters could be read either way—Shalmah being another tribal name parallel to Kedar. This would make good sense although there is no other evidence for