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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:6. _POOLS OF WATER_] _Tanks_ and _reservoirs_.
_TO WATER THEREWITH THE WOOD_] Aqueducts to lead the water from the
tanks to different parts....
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POOLS - A short distance south of Bethlehem, in a valley in the defile
of Urtas, three “Pools of Solomon” are still shown and an
adjoining hill still bears the name of the “Little Paradise.”...
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CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES
_ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_
2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12)
Ecclesiastes 2:1
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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_I made me pools of water_ Those at Etam have been mentioned above.
Besides these we have the fish-pools of Heshbon (Song Song of Solomon
7:4), the pool of the king (Nehemiah 2:14), possibly also, the...
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_THE VANITY OF SELF-INDULGENCE -- ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11:_ All through
the book of Ecclesiastes we observe Solomon as he thought and reasoned
within himself. He had looked upon and tried all the good, pl...
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TO WATER THEREWITH THE WOOD, &C.— _To water therewith the nursery of
young trees._ Desvoeux. Hebrew, _the forest-budding trees._...
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c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure.
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
TEXT 2:1-11
1
I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy
yourself. And behold, it too was fut...
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I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine
heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under...
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POOLS] essential in a land where water is scarce, as well as pleasing
in effect. THE WOOD THAT BRINGETH FORTH TREES] RV 'the forest where
trees were reared.'
7-11. He acquires slaves, herds, and floc...
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EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS
1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is
folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 2
THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...
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POOLS. — In a place south of Bethlehem are still pointed out three
gigantic reservoirs, known as the Pools of Solomon (Stanley’s
_Jewish Church,_ 2:197). The place is probably the same as that called...
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עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכֹ֣ות מָ֑יִם לְ
הַשְׁקֹ֣ות...
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FIRST SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure
Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 2:1
OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man
lives amid the play of pe...
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24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS
Ecclesiastes 2:1-17
At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a
splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and
sensuous nature. There w...
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Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the
king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of
wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said
of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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I MADE ME POOLS OF WATER,.... For cascades and water works to play in,
as well as to keep and produce fish of all kinds: mention is made of
the king's pools, Ne 2:14; the fish pools at Heshbon, by the...
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I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth
forth trees:
Ver. 6. _To water therewith the wood,_] _i.e., _ The gardens or hort
yards, that were as large as little woods. Christ...
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_I made me great works_ Magnificent works, for my honour and delight.
_I builded me houses_ Of which see 1 Kings 7:1, &c.; 9:15, &c.; Song
of Solomon 8:11. _I made me gardens_ Hebrew, _paradises_, or...
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I MADE ME POOLS OF WATER, artificial lakes for purposes of irrigation,
TO WATER THEREWITH THE WOOD THAT BRINGETH FORTH TREES, this being
necessary on account of the extent and the magnificence of his...
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Solomon's own Example...
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"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 thei...
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1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does
noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices
of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their...
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I MADE ME POOLS OF WATER, because the rain there fell but seldom. THE
WOOD THAT BRINGETH FORTH TREES; the nurseries of young trees newly
planted in the orchards, which for the multitude of them were l...
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Ecclesiastes 2:6 made H6213 (H8804) water H4325 pools H1295 water
H8248 (H8687) growing H6779 (H8802) trees...
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CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PLEASURE.
Experimenting With Good Things (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
Ecclesiastes 2:1
‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment.
Therefore enjoy pleasure (or ‘g...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2
I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to
wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience,
not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
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CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and
satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
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Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus,
whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18.
Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy,
_it is mad._ Chald...
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_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._
THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE
Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter.
I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:3. I SOUGHT IN MINE HEART.] The word has the meaning
not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral
experiment.
ECCLESIASTES 2:8. THE PECULIAR TR...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth
embarks on a course of sensua...
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So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with
[pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this
was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
So we read in the New Testament the ep...
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Jeremiah 17:8; Nehemiah 2:14; Psalms 1:3; Song of Solomon 7:4...
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The wood — The nurseries of young trees, which for the multitude of
them were like a wood or forest....