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, paradises, or gardens of pleasure; I planted trees, &c. Mixing pleasure and profit together. I made me pools of water Because the rain there fell but seldom; to water therewith the wood The nurseries of young trees, which, for the multitude of them, were like a wood or forest. I had servants born in my house Of my bond-servants, which therefore were a part of my possessions.
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Ecclesiastes 2:4-7
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants bornb in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: