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Prediger 2:7

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7 Ich kaufte Knechte und MĂ€gde und hatte Hausgeborene; auch hatte ich ein großes Besitztum an Rind-und Kleinvieh, mehr als alle, die vor mir in Jerusalem waren.

Prediger 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.
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Prediger 2:7 In-Context

5 ich machte mir GĂ€rten und Parkanlagen, und pflanzte darin BĂ€ume von allerlei Frucht;
6 ich machte mir Wasserteiche, um daraus den mit BÀumen sprossenden Wald zu bewÀssern.
7 Ich kaufte Knechte und MĂ€gde und hatte Hausgeborene; auch hatte ich ein großes Besitztum an Rind-und Kleinvieh, mehr als alle, die vor mir in Jerusalem waren.
8 Ich sammelte mir auch Silber und Gold und Reichtum der Könige und Landschaften; ich schaffte mir SÀnger und SÀngerinnen, und die Wonnen der Menschenkinder: Frau und Frauen.
9 Und ich wurde groß und grĂ¶ĂŸer, mehr als alle, die vor mir in Jerusalem waren. Auch meine Weisheit verblieb mir.
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