Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got servants and maidens, 1 And servants were born to me in the house: 1 Also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, 1 Beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. 1
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6I made me pools of water, 1 To water from them the timber-bearing wood. 1
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
Genesis 15:3And Abram said, I am grieved since thou hast given me no seed, but my homeborn servant shall succeed me.
2 Kings 3:4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and he rendered to the king of Israel in the beginning of the year, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
1 Chronicles 27:31And over the sheep was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were superintendents of the substance of King David.
2 Chronicles 32:27And Hezekiah had wealth and very great glory: and he made for himself treasuries of gold, and silver, and precious stones, also for spices, and stores for arms, and for precious 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 →