Chuándàoshū 2:7

7 Wǒ mǎi le pú bì , yĕ yǒu shēng zaì jia zhōng de pú bì . yòu yǒu xǔduō niú qún yáng qún , shēng guo yǐqián zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng zhòngrén suǒyǒude .

Chuándàoshū 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I got [me] servants and maidens
Menservants, and maidservants; the Targum adds,

``of the children of Ham, and of the rest of the strange people;''

these were such as he hired, or bought with his money; and had servants born in my house;
and these were all employed by him; either as his retinue and equipage, his attendants and bodyguards; or to take care of his household, his gardens, and pools; or for his horses and chariots, and for various offices; see ( 1 Kings 4:26 1 Kings 4:27 ) ( Ezra 2:58 ) . Villalpandus computes the number of his servants to be forty eight thousand; if there were any pleasure and happiness in such a numerous attendance, Solomon had it; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that
were in Jerusalem before me;
oxen, cows, horses, asses, camels, mules, &c. also sheep and goats; which, as they were profitable, so it was pleasant to see them grazing on the hills and valleys, in the fields, mountains, and meadows.

Chuándàoshū 2:7 In-Context

5 Xiūzào yuán yòu , zaì qízhōng zāizhòng gèyàng guǒ mù shù ,

6 Wā zào shuǐ chí , yòng yǐ jiāo guàn nèn xiǎo de shùmù .

7 Wǒ mǎi le pú bì , yĕ yǒu shēng zaì jia zhōng de pú bì . yòu yǒu xǔduō niú qún yáng qún , shēng guo yǐqián zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng zhòngrén suǒyǒude .

8 Wǒ yòu wèi zìjǐ jīxù jīn yín , hé jūnwáng de cáibǎo , bìng ge shĕng de cáibǎo . yòu dé chàng gē de nánnǚ , hé shìrén suǒ xǐaì de wù , bìng xǔduō de fēi pín .

9 Zhèyàng , wǒ jiù rì jiàn chāngshèng , shēng guo yǐqián zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de zhòngrén . wǒde zhìhuì réngrán cún liú .