1Ki 9:19, Ecc 2:4, 10-26 | ESV | STEP | and all the store cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots , and the cities for his horsemen , and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem , in Lebanon , and in all the land of his dominion .

r[See ver. 11 above]

s ch. 1:3

t Ps. 39:6; 49:10

u ch. 7:25

v ch. 1:3

wSee ch. 1:3

x Job 5:7; 14:1

ySee ch. 1:13

z ch. 3:12, 13, 22; 5:18; 8:15; [1 Tim. 6:17]

aa[ch. 9:7; Luke 12:19; 1 Cor. 15:32]

ac[ch. 3:13; 5:19]

ae Job 32:8

af[See ver. 7 above]

ag[Job 27:16, 17; Prov. 13:22]

ahSee ch. 1:14

1 Kings 9:19

19 and all the store cities that Solomon had, and ^athe cities for his chariots, and the cities for ^bhis horsemen, and whatever Solomon ^cdesired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

Ecclesiastes 2:4

4 I made great works. I ^dbuilt houses and planted ^evineyards for myself.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-26

10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart ^ffound pleasure in all my toil, and this was my ^greward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was ^hvanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing ⁱto be gained under the sun.

The Vanity of Living Wisely

12 ^jSo I turned to consider ^kwisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only ^lwhat has already been done. 13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. 14 ^mThe wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the ⁿsame event happens to all of them. 15 Then I said in my heart, ^o“What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise as of the fool there is ^pno enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. ^qHow the wise dies just like the fool! 17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for ^rall is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Vanity of Toil

18 I hated ^sall my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must ^tleave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 So I ^uturned about and gave my heart up to despair ^vover all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 What has a man from ^wall the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23 For ^xall his days are full of sorrow, and his ^ywork is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

24 ^zThere is nothing better for a person than that he should ^aaeat and drink and find enjoyment ^{▼▼Or and make his soul see good} in his toil. This also, I saw, is ^acfrom the hand of God, 25 for apart from him ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts apart from me} who can eat or who can have enjoyment? 26 For to the one who pleases him ^aeGod has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given ^afthe business of gathering and collecting, ^agonly to give to one who pleases God. ^ahThis also is vanity and a striving after wind.