Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I was great,.... Became famous for the great works wrought by him before mentioned;

and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; the Targum adds, "in riches"; but it seems rather…

Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his elaboratory, his council-chamber, where he had in vain sought for it, into the park and…

I was great, and increased There is something significant in the repetition of the formula of ch. Ecc 1:16. The king had surpassed all others in wisdom, he was now surpassing all others in…