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Ecclesiastes 2:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 2:4

Verse 4 of 26

Scripture focus

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:4

Theological / Devotional

I made me great works. Literally, “I made great my works,” referring doubtless to the size and splendor of the buildings he constructed. This was certainly a more commendable form of indulgence than that of vs. 1-3 (see 1 Kings 7:1 ; 9:15-19).

I builded me houses. See 1 Kings 7:1-12 ; 9:15-19. Solomon engaged in extensive building operations.

Vineyards. Compare Cant. 8:11. The economic condition of the common man in Solomon’s time is suggested in 1 Kings 4:25, “every man under his vine and under his fig tree.”

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