Ecclesiastes 2:4

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 2:4

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

Made

Genesis 11:4

2 Samuel 18:18

Daniel 4:30

I builded

Psalm 49:11

I planted

Bible References

Made

Then they said: Let us build ourselves a city, with a lofty tower that reaches into space, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.

During his lifetime Absalom built a monument for himself in King's Valley. He had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself. To this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.

The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

I builded

You will eat all you want. You will build nice houses and live in them.

Solomon took thirteen years to build a palace for himself.

Solomon finished building Jehovah's Temple, the royal palace, and everything else he wanted to build.

Let there be an agreement between us just as there was between my father and your father. I have sent you an offering of silver and gold. End your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel that he may give up attacking me.

There were six steps going up to it. The top of it was round at the back. There were arms on the two sides of the throne and two lions by the side of the arms.

It took Solomon twenty years to build Jehovah's house and his own house.

Inwardly they think their houses are forever, their dwelling place to all generations. So they named their lands after themselves.

I planted

for the vineyards, Shimei from Ramah for storing wine that came from the vineyards- Zabdi from Shepham

He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land.

My beloved is to me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.

Let us get up early to the vineyards. Let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth. There I will give you my love.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon. He leased the vineyard to keepers. Every one was to bring a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.

Let me sing to my loved one a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hill.