Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
6I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees;
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.
1 Kings 4:23(5:3) Ten fatted oxen, and twenty pasture oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
2 Kings 3:4And Mesha' the king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered as tribute unto 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 Hagerene. All these were the rulers of the property which belonged to king David.
2 Chronicles 32:27And Hezekiah had riches and honor in exceeding abundance; 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 costly 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 →