Eclesiastes 2:7

7 Comprei escravos e escravas e tive escravos que nasceram em minha casa. Além disso, tive também mais bois e ovelhas do que todos os que viveram antes de mim em Jerusalém.

Eclesiastes 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.

Eclesiastes 2:7 In-Context

5 Fiz jardins e pomares e neles plantei todo tipo de árvore frutífera.

6 Construí também reservatórios para irrigar os meus bosques verdejantes.

7 Comprei escravos e escravas e tive escravos que nasceram em minha casa. Além disso, tive também mais bois e ovelhas do que todos os que viveram antes de mim em Jerusalém.

8 Ajuntei para mim prata e ouro, tesouros de reis e de províncias. Servi-me de cantores e cantoras, e também de um harém, as delícias dos homens.

9 Tornei-me mais famoso e poderoso do que todos os que viveram em Jerusalém antes de mim, conservando comigo a minha sabedoria.