Ecclesiastes 2:7 KJV
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:
Matthew Henry
- The vanity and vexation of mirth, sensual pleasure, riches, and pompSolomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get...
Thompson Chains
- Riches (4)See the chain from Genesis 13:2 · 11 links
- Prosperity (4)See the chain from Genesis 39:3 · 8 links
Cross References
- Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
- Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
- Genesis 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
- Genesis 17:12–13 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. …
- 1 Kings 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
- 1 Kings 9:20–22 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, …
- 2 Kings 3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
- 1 Chronicles 27:29–31 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: …
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27–29 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; …
- Ezra 2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
- Nehemiah 7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
- Job 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
- Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
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Topics
- Epicureans Doctrines propagated by, familiar to Solomon
- Experiment In worldly pleasure, Solomon’s
- Investigation General scriptures concerning Investigation
- Life Vanity of
- Philosophy The nature of things
- Pleasure Worldly
- Servant Rights of those born to a master
- Vanity Worldly possessions are
- Wisdom Worldly
- Worldliness General scriptures concerning Worldliness
Places
- JerusalemTown · Location well established
- Places in Ecclesiastes 2 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- I got קָנִיתִי qānîtî קָנָה Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
- servants עֲבָדִים ʿăbādîm עֶבֶד Noun · masculine plural
- and maidens וּשְׁפָחוֹת ûšĕpāḥôt שִׁפְחָה Noun · feminine plural · with and
- and had servants born וּבְנֵי ûbĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with and
- in my house בַיִת bayit בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular
- also I had great הָיָה hāyâ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular גַּם gam Affirmation הַרְבֵּה harbê רָבָה Verb · hiphil infinitive absolute
- possessions מִקְנֶה miqnê מִקְנֶה Noun · masculine singular
- of great בָקָר bāqār בָּקָר Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- and small cattle וָצֹאן wāṣōʾn צֹאן Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with and
- above all that were in Jerusalem הָיָה hāyâ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular מִכֹּל mikkōl Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition בִּירוּשָׁלִָם bîrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name · with preposition
- before שֶׁהָיוּ šehāyû Relative לְפָנַי lĕpānay פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
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