Ecclesiastes 2:6

I created pools of water to water a forest where trees were grown.

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I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

In Context

5I built for myself gardens and parks; I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

7I purchased male slaves and female slaves; I had slaves born in my palace. I also had large herds and flocks of livestock, much more than any king who ruled before me in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:14Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool. The place was too narrow for the animal I was riding to pass through.

Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck is like a tower of ivory; 1 your eyes are the pools in Heshbon 1 by the gate of Bath Rabbim. 1 Your nose is like the tower in Lebanon 1 that looks toward Damascus. 1

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 →

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