Ecclesiastes 2:7
I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.
1 Kings 4:23ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
2 Kings 3:4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
1 Chronicles 27:31And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's.
2 Chronicles 32:27And Hezekiah had very much riches and honour; and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant vessels;
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me… Read the whole commentary →