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Ecclesiastes 2:6

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I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:4

    I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:5

    I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

  3. Ecclesiastes 2:7

    I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

  4. Ecclesiastes 2:8

    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 that of all sorts.

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