Bible Cross References
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Ecclesiastes 2:1-12
1
I decided to enjoy myself and find out what happiness is. But I found that this is useless, too.
2
I discovered that laughter is foolish, that pleasure does you no good.
3
Driven on by my desire for wisdom, I decided to cheer myself up with wine and have a good time. I thought that this might be the best way people can spend their short lives on earth.
4
I accomplished great things. I built myself houses and planted vineyards.
5
I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;
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I dug ponds to irrigate them.
7
I bought many slaves, and there were slaves born in my household. I owned more livestock than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem.
8
I also piled up silver and gold from the royal treasuries of the lands I ruled. Men and women sang to entertain me, and I had all the women a man could want.
9
Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me.
10
Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward.
11
Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind---of no use at all.
12
After all, a king can only do what previous kings have done. So I started thinking about what it meant to be wise or reckless or foolish.
1 Kings 4:21-24
21
Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
22
The supplies Solomon needed each day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal;
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10 stall-fed cattle, 20 pasture-fed cattle, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and poultry.
24
Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him, and he was at peace with all the neighboring countries.