Ecclesiastes 2:6

"I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate. forest of growing trees."

Points To Note:

1 Next, Solomon threw himself into the joys of creativity. Solomon is like many people, who in their teens or early twenties pursued pleasure and having. good time, in their later twenties and thirties try to find fulfillment in building. house, remodeling, landscaping, building. fish pond in the backyard, or whatever the latest home improvement idea might be. 2. In this section no mention is made of the Temple, because Solomon is discussing those things he planned and designed for his own personal use. 3. Solomon's house is described in 1 Kings 7:1-12and 1 Kings 9:19. He built many public works, including an armory,. citadel which protected the Temple (1 Kings 9:24; Ecclesiastes 11:27), store-cities, chariot cities, etc…(Ecclesiastes 9:18-19). 4. Solomon inherited the vineyards of his father David and also had his own (1 Chronicles 2:27-28; Song of Song of Solomon 8:10-11). 5. The "Parks" of this section were large and enclosed parks for private use, which included all kinds of trees and even animals for hunting. Solomon, like the Persian kings had his own private reserve. 6. Various "pools" which Solomon built have been found. Not far from Bethlehem three such pools, located on separate levels still exist to this day. All are roughly rectangular, the largest measures 200 ft. wide, 600 ft. long and 50 ft. deep. Basically, Solomon built whatever he wanted to build. Someone has noted that the ancient talent of gold was thought to be worth $30,000 dollars (in 1962 dollars). Hence, if Solomon had been alive in 1962, his annual income would have been 20 million (1 Kings 10:14).