Ecclesiastes 2:6

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: Pools of waters - Tanks and reservoirs.

To water therewith the wood - Aqueducts to lead the water from the tanks to different parts.

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The wood — The nurseries of young trees, which for the multitude of them were like a wood or forest.

⁶ I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:6