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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:4. _I BUILDED ME HOUSES_] Palace after palace;
the house of the forest of Lebanon, 1 Kings 7:1, c. a house for the
queen; the temple, c., 2 Chronicles 8:1, c. 1 Kings 9:10, c., be...
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Compare 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 10:14; and 2 Chronicles
8:4....
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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. Here we find fir...
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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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MADE ME GREAT WORKS. increased or multiplied my possessions.
WORKS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the
results and effects gained by work. Compare Exodus 23:12; 1 Samuel
25...
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_I made me great works_ The verse may be either a retrospect of the
details of the life of the pleasure-seeker as sketched in the previous
verse, or, as seems more probable, the account of a new exper...
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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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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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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
V1 I spoke t...
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HOUSES. — 1 Kings 5:11; 2 Chronicles 8:4.
VINEYARDS. — 1 Chronicles 27:27; Song of Solomon 8:11....
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הִגְדַּ֖לְתִּי מַעֲשָׂ֑י בָּנִ֤יתִי
לִי֙ בָּתִּ֔ים נָטַ֥עְתִּי לִ֖י
כְּרָמִֽים׃...
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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 p...
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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...
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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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_Works; palaces, towns, and particularly the temple. Many, like
Solomon, will refrain from wine, and still yield to other excesses._...
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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 GREAT WORKS,.... He did not spend his time in trifling
things, as Domitian a, in catching and killing flies; but in devising,
designing, directing, and superintending great works of art and...
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I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Ver. 4. _I made me great works._] I took not pleasure in trifles, as
Domitian did, in catching and killing flies with his penknife;...
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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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Solomon's own Example...
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"I ENLARGED MY WORKS;. BUILT HOUSES FOR MYSELF,. PLANTED VINEYARDS FOR
MYSELF;...
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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 GREAT WORKS; magnificent works for my honour and delight. I
BUILT ME HOUSES; of which see 1 KINGS 7:1, &c.; 1 KINGS 9:15, &c. I
planted me vineyards: see SONG OF SOLOMON 8:11....
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Ecclesiastes 2:4 works H4639 great H1431 (H8689) built H1129 (H8804)
houses H1004 planted H5193 (H8804) vineyards H3754
made - Genesis 11:4; 2 Samuel 18:18; Daniel 4:30
I builded - Deuteronomy 8:1
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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._ Chal...
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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 wr...
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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 T...
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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 e...
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1 Chronicles 27:27; 1 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 10:20; 1 Kings 15:19; 1
Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 7:2; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:1; 2 Chronicles 26:10;...