Ecclesiastes 2:7
“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:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I got me servants and maidens,.... Menservants, and maidservants; the Targum adds,
"of the children of Ham, and of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I got - Rather, I bought, in distinction from those born in the house. The “children of Solomon’s servants” (compare Ezr…
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 got me servants and maidens Better, I bought. The picture of Oriental state was incomplete without this element, and…
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