Ecclesiastes 2:7

Qohelet's Investigation Of Personal Accomplishment

⁶ I made pools of water, to water the green and fruitful trees withal. ⁷ I bought servants and maidens, and had a great household. As for cattle and sheep, I had more substance of them than all they that were before me in Jerusalem. ⁸ I gathered silver and gold together, even a treasure of kings and lands. I provided me singers and women which could play of instruments, to make man mirth and pastime. I gat me drinking cups also and glasses.

Flocks and Herds

Male and Female

Jerusalem

Genesis 13:2

Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.

Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he harnessed his servants born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and followed till they came at Dan.

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, "See, to me hast thou given no seed: lo, a lad born in my house shall be mine heir!"

Genesis 17:12-13

And every manchild when it is eight days old, shall be circumcised among you in your generations, and all servants also born at home or bought with money, though they be strangers and not of thy seed.

1 Kings 4:23

ten stalled oxen, and twenty out of the pastures and a hundred sheep and goats, besides harts, bucks and buballs and fat poultry.

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,

2 Kings 3:4

And Mesha king of Moab - which was rich of sheep, and was wont to render unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and as many rams, with the wool -

1 Chronicles 27:29-31

And over the oxen that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the oxen in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness and digged many wells. For he had much cattle, both in the valley and also in the plain; and plowmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 32:27-29

And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour. And he gathered him treasure of silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields and of all manner pleasant Jewels;

Ezra 2:58

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.

Nehemiah 7:57

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

Job 1:3

His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country.

Job 42:12

And the LORD made Job richer than he was before: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand asses.