Ecclesiastes 2:7

⁵ I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

⁶ I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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:

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.

⁹ So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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BSB: I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
KJV: 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:
WEB: I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
ASV: I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
DARBY: I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
BLB: I acquired menservants and maidservants, and sons of the house were unto me; also there were unto me great possessions of cattle and sheep, more than all who were before my face in Jerusalem;

ÅB: Jeg kjøpte slaver og slavekvinner, jeg hadde tjenestefolk som var født i mitt hus; jeg fikk meg også meget fe, både stort og smått, mere enn alle som hadde vært før meg i Jerusalem;
OTB: Jeg skaffet meg mannlige og kvinnelige tjenere, og hadde tjenere født i mitt hus. Jeg eide også flere flokker og hjorder enn noen før meg i Jerusalem.
B1930: Jeg kjøpte træler og trælkvinner, jeg hadde tjenestefolk som var født i mitt hus; jeg fikk mig også meget fe, både stort og smått, mere enn alle som hadde vært før mig i Jerusalem;

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Cross references

2 Chronicles 32:27–29
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
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Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
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2 Kings 3:4
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
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1 Kings 9:20–22
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
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2 Chronicles 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
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Ezra 2:58
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
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Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
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Genesis 17:12–13
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
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