Ecclesiastes 2:5
“I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I made me gardens and orchards,.... Of the king's garden, we read Jer 39:4. Adrichomius (b) makes mention of a royal…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Orchards - literally, “paradises,” i. e., parks or pleasure-grounds (compare Neh 2:8 note). Indications of at least…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
I made me gardens and orchards The latter word, originally Persian, and found only in the O. T. in this book, in Song…
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