I made (A)gardens and (B)parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees; I made (C)ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees. I bought male and female slaves and I had [a](D)homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and (E)herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Lit sons of the house