Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:4
Compare 1 Kings 7:1-12; 1 Kings 9:15-19; 1 Kings 10:14-27; and 2 Chronicles 8:4. read more
Ecclesiastes 2:4-6 Niv
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:5
Orchards - literally, “paradises,” i. e., parks or pleasure-grounds (compare Nehemiah 2:8 note). Indications of at least three of these have been pointed out; one at Jerusalem near the pool of Siloam, called “the king’s garden” Nehemiah 3:15; Jeremiah 52:7; a second near Bethlehem (compare Ecclesiastes 2:6); and a third in the remote north, on the heights of Hermon Song of Solomon 4:8; Song of Solomon 8:11. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:6
Pools - A short distance south of Bethlehem, in a valley in the defile of Urtas, three “Pools of Solomon” are still shown and an adjoining hill still bears the name of the “Little Paradise.” read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 2:4-7
Ecclesiastes 2:4-7. I made me great works Magnificent works, for my honour and delight. I builded me houses Of which see 1 Kings 7:1, &c.; 9:15, &c.; Song of Solomon 8:11. I made me gardens Hebrew, paradises, or gardens of pleasure; I planted trees, &c. Mixing pleasure and profit together. I made me pools of water Because the rain there fell but seldom; to water therewith the wood The nurseries of young trees, which, for the multitude of them, were like a wood or... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:1-26
Lessons from experience (1:12-2:26)Writing as Solomon, the author now looks back and describes the experiences of a truly wise and wealthy man who searched for a meaning to life. First he tried the study of wisdom, but it led only to misery and frustration. Some things could not be made to fit any sort of consistent pattern; others, which in theory may have solved some problems, in practice did not exist (12-15). His learning and experience enabled him to tell the difference between wisdom and... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 2:4
made me great works = increased or multiplied my possessions. works. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the results and effects gained by work. Compare Exodus 23:12 . 1 Samuel 25:2 .Isaiah 26:12 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 2:5
orchards. Hebrew. pardesim = paradises, parks, or pleasure grounds. Different from "gardens", which were cultivated (Deuteronomy 11:10 . 1 Kings 21:2 ). Paradises were formed by eastern monarchs. In the British Museum may be seen the inscriptions of Gudea, the greatest of the Sumerian rulers of Chaldea (2500 B.C.), and Tiglath-pileser I, king of Assyria (1120 B. C), describing what could be only a botanical and zoological park. Assur-nazir-pal, king of Assyria (885 B. C), founded such a... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:6
Ecclesiastes 2:6. To water therewith the wood, &c.— To water therewith the nursery of young trees. Desvoeux. Hebrew, the forest-budding trees. 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