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2:7 I procured [me] male and female servants, and had servants born in my {c} house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
(c) Meaning, of the servants or slaves which he had bought, so the children born in their servitude, were the masters.
2:1-11 Solomon 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 satisfaction from the world, and their changing from one thing to another, are like the restlessness of a man in a fever. Perceiving it was folly to give himself to wine, he next tried the costly amusements of princes. The poor, when they read such a description, are ready to feel discontent. But the remedy against all such feelings is in the estimate of it all by the owner himself. All was vanity and vexation of spirit: and the same things would yield the same result to us, as to Solomon. Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content. His wisdom remained with him; a strong understanding, with great human knowledge. But every earthly pleasure, when unconnected with better blessings, leaves the mind as eager and unsatisfied as before. Happiness arises not from the situation in which we are placed. It is only through Jesus Christ that final blessedness can be attained.
Acquired Birth Born Bought Cattle Daughters Female Flocks Great Herds Homeborn House Jerusalem Larger Maidens Maid-Servants Male Men-Servants Owned Possessed Possessions Procured Servants Slaves Small Wealth Women-Servants
Acquired Birth Born Bought Cattle Daughters Female Flocks Great Herds Homeborn House Jerusalem Larger Maidens Maid-Servants Male Men-Servants Owned Possessed Possessions Procured Servants Slaves Small Wealth Women-Servants
