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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:8. _THE PECULIAR TREASURE OF KINGS AND OF THE
PROVINCES_]
1. The _taxes_ levied off his subjects.
2. The _tribute_ given by the neighboring potentates. Both these make
the "pecu...
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KINGS - Both tributary 1 Kings 10:15 and independent 1 Kings 5:1; 1
Kings 9:14; 1 Kings 10:2; the “provinces” probably correspond to
the kingdoms mentioned in 1 Kings 4:21.
AS MUSICAL ... SORTS - Rat...
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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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GATHERED. amassed. Hebrew. _kanas,_ said to be. later Hebrew word (see
App-76.)
THE PROVINCES. Hebrew. _medinah,_ from _dun_. to rule, hence. country.
There is no article before "kings", because they...
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_I gathered me also silver and gold_ Here also we find a counterpart
in what is recorded of the wealth of Solomon, the ships of Hiram that
brought gold from Ophir, to the amount of 420 talents (1 King...
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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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AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, &C.— _A captive woman, nay, several captive
women._ It is doubted, whether the Hebrew words, rendered by us
_musical instruments,_ &c. signify things or persons. Mr. Desvoeux i...
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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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2:8 men, (b-31) Or 'sons of the _ Adam_ ;' often in this book. The _
Adam_ is also frequent. see Genesis 1:27 ....
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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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PECULIAR TREASURE. — The word is used of the Jewish people (Exodus
19:9; Psalms 135:4; Malachi 3:17; but generally 1 Chronicles 29:3).
That Solomon had tributary kings is stated (1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chron...
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כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם ־כֶּ֣סֶף וְ
זָהָ֔ב וּ סְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְ הַ
מְּדִינֹ֑ות עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י...
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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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I gathered me also silver and gold, and the special treasure of kings
and of the provinces: I procured me male and female singers, and the
(d) delights of the sons of men, (e) [as] musical instruments...
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_Silver, which became, in consequence, of little value. --- Singing.
At the court of Persia, people sung all night, and during the feasts.
(Atheneus xii., and 14.) --- Cups and vessels; (Aquila and Sy...
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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 GATHERED ME ALSO SILVER AND GOLD,.... In great quantities: the
weight of gold which came to him in one year was six hundred
threescore and six talents; see 1 Kings 9:14;
AND THE PECULIAR TREASURE O...
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_I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of
kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers,
and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and...
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_I gathered me silver and gold_ Vast riches; _and the peculiar
treasure of kings_ Riches, answerable to the state of a king, or, he
means, the greatest jewels and rarities of other kings, which they
g...
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Solomon's own Example...
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AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:
, and that of all sorts: _Heb._ musical instrument, and instruments...
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"ALSO,. COLLECTED FOR MYSELF SILVER AND GOLD, AND THE TREASURE OF
KINGS AND PROVINCES.. PROVIDED FOR MYSELF MALE AND FEMALE SINGERS AND
THE PLEASURES OF MEN-MANY CONCUBINES."
Solomon possessed wealth...
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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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THE PECULIAR TREASURE OF KINGS; either,
1. Vast riches, answerable to the state of a king. Or,
2. The greatest jewels and rarities of other kings, which they gave to
me either as a tribute, or by wa...
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Ecclesiastes 2:8 gathered H3664 (H8804) silver H3701 gold H2091
special H5459 kings H4428 provinces H4082 acquired H6213 (H8804) male
H7891 (H8802) singers H7891 (H8802) delights H8588 sons H1121 men...
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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 25:1; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 14:21; 1
Kings 14:22; 1 Kings 14:27; 1 Kings 9:14; 1 Kings 9:28; 2 Chronicles
9:11;...
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Peculiar treasure — The greatest jewels and rarities of other kings,
which they gave to me, either as a tribute, or by way of present. Of
provinces — Which were imposed upon or presented by all the
pr...