“ I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: ”
Compare 1 Kings 7:1-12 ; 1 Kings 9:15-19 ; 1 Kings 10:14-27 ; and 2 Chronicles 8:4 .
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
made me great works . increased or multiplied my possessions. works. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the results and effects gained by work. Compare Exodus 23:12 ; 1 S...
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I builded me houses - Palace after palace; the house of the forest of Lebanon, 1 Kings 7:1 , etc.; a house for the queen; the temp...
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do un...
Epicureanism and Wisdom alike Profitless 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit.
Houses. — 1 Kings 5:11 ; 2 Chronicles 8:4 . Vineyards. — 1 Chronicles 27:27 ; Song of Solomon 8:11 .
FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid...
24-26, Vain Undertakings Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. T...
Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
I made me great works ,.... He did not spend his time in trifling things, as Domitian a, in catching and killing flies; but in devising, designing, directing, and superintending great works of art a...
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: Ver. 4. I made me great works. ] I took not pleasure in trifles, as Domitian did, in catching and killing flies with his penknif...
I made me great works Magnificent works, for my honour and delight. I builded me houses Of which see 1 Kings 7:1 , &c.; 9:15, &c.; Song of Solomon 8:11 . I made me gardens Hebrew, pa...
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:...
I made me great works; magnificent works for my honour and delight. I built me houses; of which see 1 Kings 7:1 , &c.; 1 Kings 9:15 , &c. I planted me vineyards: see Song of Solom...
Chapter 2 The Search for Pleasure. Experimenting With Good Things ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment. Therefore enjoy pleas...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 2:3 . I sought in mine heart.] The word has the meaning not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral experiment. Ecclesiastes 2:8 . The p...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 . Enjoy pleasure. The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18 . Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, of all forced and frantic joy, it is mad...
Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth. The threefold view of human life Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 2:1-21 Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a...
Solomon's own Example
1 Chronicles 27:27 ; 1 Kings 10:19 ; 1 Kings 10:20 ; 1 Kings 15:19 ; 1 Kings 7:1 ; 1 Kings 7:2 ; 1 Kings 7:8-12 ; 1 Kings 9:1 ; 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Chronicles 8:11 ; 2 Chronicles 8:1-6...