Ecclesiastes 2:7
I acquired menservants, and maidservants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.
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6I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
Cross References
Genesis 13:2and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 15:3And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”
1 Kings 4:23ten fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and one hundred sheep, apart from deer, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,
2 Kings 3:4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, [with] wool,
1 Chronicles 27:31and Jaziz the Hagerite [is] over the flock; all these [are] heads of the substance that King David has.
2 Chronicles 32:27And Hezekiah has very much riches and honor, and he has made treasures for himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all [kinds] of desirable 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 →