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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:6

Pools of waters - Tanks and reservoirs. To water therewith the wood - Aqueducts to lead the water from the tanks to different parts. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:7

Servants and maidens - For my works, fields, folds, and various domestic labors. Servants born in any house - Besides those hired from without, he had married couples in the precincts of his grounds, palaces, etc., who, when their children grew up, got them employment with themselves. Great and small cattle - Oxen, neat, horses, asses, mules, camels, and such like; with sheep and goats. And multitudes of most of these he needed, when we are told that his household consumed daily ten... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:8

The peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces - The tares levied off his subjects. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:10

I withheld not my heart from any joy - He had every means of gratification; he could desire nothing that was not within his reach; and whatever he wished, he took care to possess. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:4

This commences a new experience in the pursuit of his object. Leaving this life of self-indulgence, he takes to art and culture, the details being drawn from the accounts of the historical Solomon. I made me great works ; literally, I made great my works ; Septuagint, ἐμεγάλυνα ποίημά per ; Vulgate, Magnificavi opera mea . Among these works the temple, with all its wonderful structural preparations, is not specially mentioned, perhaps because no one could think of Solomon... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made me gardens and orchards . Solomon's love of gardens appears throughout the Canticles (So Song of Solomon 6:2 , etc.). He had a king's garden on the slope of the hills south of the city ( 2 Kings 25:4 ); and Beth-hacchemm, "the House of the Vine," at Ain Karim, about six miles east of Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 6:1 ); and at Baal-hamon another extensive vineyard (So Song of Solomon 8:11 ). The word rendered "orchard" ( parder ) occurs also in So Song of Solomon 4:13 and ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:6

Pools of water . Great care was exercised by Solomon to provide his capital with water, and vast operations were undertaken for this purpose. "The king's pool," mentioned in Nehemiah 2:14 , may have been constructed by him (Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,' 5.4. 2); but the most celebrated work ascribed to him is the water-supply at Etham, southwest of Bethlehem, and the aqueduct leading from thence to Jerusalem. Most modern travelers have described these pools. They are three in number, and,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:7

I got me —I bought, procured— servants and maidens . These are distinct from those mentioned immediately afterwards, servants born in my house ; Septuagint, οἰκογενεῖς : called in the Hebrew, "sons of the house" ( Genesis 15:3 ). They were much more esteemed by their masters, and showed a much closer attachment to the family than the bought slaves or the conquered aboriginals, who were often reduced to this state ( 1 Kings 9:20 , 1 Kings 9:21 ). The number of Solomon's... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:8

I gathered me also silver and gold . Much is said of the wealth of the historical Solomon, who had all his vessels of gold, armed his body-guard with golden shields, sat on an ivory throne overlaid with gold, received tribute and presents of gold from all quarters, sent his navies to distant lands to import precious metals, and made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones (see 1 Kings 9:28 ; 1 Kings 10:14-27 ; 2 Chronicles 1:15 ; 2 Chronicles 9:20-27 ). The peculiar treasure of... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:8

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