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Ecclesiastes 2:7 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 7
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:Ecclesiastes 2:7 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:7 in context
5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- possessionsmiqnehsomething boughtH4735 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- maidensshiphchâha female slaveH8198 →
- cattletsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his elaboratory, his council-chamber, where he had in vain sought for it, into the park and the playhouse, his garden and his summer-house;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11