Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
I got - Rather, I bought, in distinction from those born in the house. The "children of Solomon' s servants" (compare Ezra 2:55, Ezra 2:58) were more probably of Canaanite origin I Kings 9:20-21; I Kings 5:15 than Hebrews I Kings 9:22.
Possessions of great and small cattle - Rather, herds of oxen and sheep.
All ... before me - King David' s herds and flocks are mentioned in I Chronicles 27:29, I Chronicles 27:31 : but we have no specific account of the wealth of other Canaanite or Hebrew inhabitants of Jerusalem before Solomon.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ecclesiastes 2:7:
Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Ecclesiastes 9:7-12
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