Ecclésiaste 2:7

7 J'achetai des serviteurs et des servantes, et j'eus leurs enfants nés dans la maison; je possédai des troupeaux de boeufs et de brebis, plus que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem.

Ecclésiaste 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.

Ecclésiaste 2:7 In-Context

5 je me fis des jardins et des vergers, et j'y plantai des arbres à fruit de toute espèce;

6 je me créai des étangs, pour arroser la forêt où croissaient les arbres.

7 J'achetai des serviteurs et des servantes, et j'eus leurs enfants nés dans la maison; je possédai des troupeaux de boeufs et de brebis, plus que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem.

8 Je m'amassai de l'argent et de l'or, et les richesses des rois et des provinces. Je me procurai des chanteurs et des chanteuses, et les délices des fils de l'homme, des femmes en grand nombre.

9 Je devins grand, plus grand que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem. Et même ma sagesse demeura avec moi.