I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made myself water pools from which to [a]water the growing trees of the grove. I acquired male and female servants, and had [b]servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:6 irrigate
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Lit. sons of my house

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