Dry mop Canvas

 Okay I found a nitch, , dry mop .. layers apond layers of different paints colors name brand .. . Each layer has to dry .. okay I got it down this time . But I had to spray paint the Basic paper first layer is .

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And spray pain

To stamp art with a painting brush, apply thin, even layers of paint directly onto your stamp using a brush (not dipping), then press onto paper for a textured, imperfect look that you can blend with a wet brush for watercolor effects, or use watercolor markers on stamps for vibrant, blendable results. You can also use stamps to create patterns and then paint over them for detail or use them in digital art for base textures. 

Techniques for Physical Art

Canvas painting  made From Nicole Smith 

Dead Dead Sea Scolls, THE SONG OF SOLOMON

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  THE SONG OF SOLOMON    .. 

THE SONG OF SOLOMON

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The Song of Songs, which it Solomon

The Bride Confesses Her Love

SHE Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your love is better than wine. your anointing oils are fragrant your name is oil poured out. therefore virgins love you

Draw me after you, let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers

OTHERS

We will exult and rejoice in you we will extol your love more than wine, rightly do they love you

SHE

I am very dark, but lovely O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar.

like the curtains of Solones

Do not gaze at me because I am dark because the sun has looked upon me My mother's sons were angry with me:

they made me keeper of the vine yands, but my own vineyard I have not kept!

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie dosen at noon for why should I be like one who veils her self

beside the flocks of your companions

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

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I compare you my love.

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herine of singing has come. and the voice of the turtledove head in our hand

The fig troe ripens its figs and the vines are in blossom. they give forth fragrance my love, my beautiful one.

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SONG OF SOLOMON 4:3

Scarmely had paused them when I found him whom my soul loves

I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mord er's house

and into the dumber of her who con orived me

I allure you. O daughters of Jerusalem. by the gazelles or the dier of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases

Soleman Arrives for the Wedding

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Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty toen, some of the mighty nam of earl all of them wearing wends and expert in wa

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by the daughters of Jerusalem Go out. O daughters of Zion.

and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him

on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Solomon Admirez His Bride's Beauty HE

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The provided text is the beginning of the Book of Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) from the Bible, a passionate love poem celebrating marital intimacy, featuring dialogues between a bride (Shulammite) and her beloved (often seen as Solomon or Christ), expressing longing, beauty, and deep affection, using rich imagery of nature, perfumes, and royal splendor, and symbolizing divine love between God and His people. 

Key Themes & Characters

The Bride (Shulammite): A dark-skinned woman working in vineyards, beautiful despite feeling plain, longing for her beloved's presence and touch.

The Beloved (King/Solomon): Praised for his fragrance, beauty, and as a symbol of divine love, bringing the bride into his chambers.

The Others/Maidens: A chorus of young women who affirm the couple's love and beauty. 

Key Exchanges & Imagery

Longing for Intimacy (1:2-4): The bride desires kisses and the king's presence, finding his love better than wine, while others praise his fragrance.

Beauty & Identity (1:5-7): She acknowledges her dark skin from sun exposure but feels lovely, comparing herself to Kedar's tents and Solomon's curtains, not ashamed.

Guidance & Comparison (1:8-11): She asks where he pastures his flock; he tells her to follow the sheep, comparing her beauty to a Pharaoh's chariot mare adorned with jewels.

Mutual Delight (1:12-17): They celebrate each other's beauty, her perfume, and their shared space, described with cedar beams and green couches. 

Deeper Interpretations

Human Love: A poetic celebration of romantic and sexual love within marriage.

Allegory: Often interpreted as Christ (the Bridegroom) and the Church (His Bride) or God and Israel, symbolizing divine, passionate love, a

DEAD SEA SCOLLS. Ecclesiastes ,, Chapter 9 to 12

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Ecclesiastes ,, Chapter  9 to 12 

ECCLESIASTES 9:3

558 singer, and he who sweats is as he who shuns an oath. This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live. and after that they go to the dead. But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished. and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

*Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain' life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your por-tion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Wisdom Better Than Folly

"Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent. nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. "For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them

I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. "There was a little city with few men in it and a a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. "But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city: Yet no one remem-bered that poor man. "But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's

wisdom is despised and his words are not heard The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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ECCLESIASTES

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sight of your eyes Bur know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Remove vexation from your heart, and pur away pain' from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity

of mirzes fest in the proper

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

12 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say

"I have no pleasure in them", "before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders crase because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed, and the doors on the street are shut-when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way, the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along. and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shartered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

the people knowledge, weighing and studying "Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught and arranging many proverbs with great care The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth

"The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings they are given by one Shepherd My son many books there is no end, and much study beware of anything beyond these. Of making is a weariness of the flesh.

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The end of the matter, all has been heard is the whole duty of man. For God will bring Fear God and keep his commandments, for this every deed into judgment, with every secret thing whether good or evil

Dead Sea Scrolls Ecclesiastes chapter 5 to 9

 Ecclesiastes chapter 5 to 9

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Ecclesiastes  chapter  5 to 9 .. 

556 ECCLESIASTES 5:17 and what gain is there to him who tols for the windMoreover, all bis days he eats in darke ness in mach vexation and sickness and anger pehold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find eniorment in all the toil with which one rols under the san the few days of his life that God has given him. for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice his toil this is the gift of God For he w not much remember the days of his life beanse God keers him occupied with lovin his hear beer for mo ver to Osum, and it lies heavy on muit to whom God gives wealth possessions and honor so that he lacks nothing of all that be desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity, it is a grievous evil. If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial. I say that a stillborn child is bener off than he. "For it comes in vanity and soos in There is an evil that I have seen under the darikness, and in darkness its name is covered. Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he. Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good-do net all go to the one place All the toll of man is for his tmouth, jer ha appetite is not satisfied For what advantag hus the wise man over the fool? And what doe the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living Berter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the apperite this also is vanity and a striving after wund Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is and thin he is not able able to dispute with one stronger words, the more vanity than he "The more words to man? For whu and what is the advantage to man? knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which be pauses like a shadow? For who can tell win what will be after him under the sun? The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly 7 A good name is better than precious eintment and the day of death than the day of birth than So is better than Mad but the heart of k than to hear the Per as the crad so is the laughter this also as Surely oppression drit madams and a beibe or Betten is the end of ad ning the patientine the perod in cart Be not quick in your ra angry for anger lodger the wa Say not. "Why werden tund. One mas antong a than these Wisdom is good wha For the protectice of who has Conor the wo male Code the day of page the day of av the one as well as the ade not find There is a rights mar Why should od that you foll of this and from the theone who fears God hasil for the to the wise man debat a sighireour mun on ed and never hout all the thing that bear your servant coursg that many times you dwide but wat of from me "That fr off, and deep, very deep heart to know and to sczach wisdom and the theme me witandinos of tolly and that is madness. And find shinchan doth the waman twares aonds and whose warfram. He whe pleases God escapes heater a tiken by her Debold, albund, ses the Pratict, while antier find the schicine Hip-hchimys sagte report Oneus among but a woman among all these andset thi calone I found, that neupright, but they have sought edma a ing Command and iherpretation of a nues his free shine, atandtris of his face is changed, line at lusty to go from wing is and is an evil teer he pleases "For the are you doing? Whoever and will know no evil thing, anal wow the proper un and for Amble Lies heavy релые what is to be he ECCLESIASTES 9:2 to retain the spirit of power ove the day of death There is no discture from war nor aw giver wickntne Jelen All Tobserved while applying my heart wall that is done under the sun, when man had power over man the fourt Thuit Whe Fear God Will De Well Then I saw the wickat borted. They uand go and mur of the holy place and were pralint in the day where they had done auch things. This sac be is vaniry "Because the w fence againn an evil deed is not escrutol sprend print in the day where sadly, the beat of the dildren of man in fully set to do evil Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet Tharw tut it will be well with those who far God. because they they fear fear before before him. "But it will not be well with the wickel, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not tear before God Man Cannot Know God's Ways "There is a vanity thar uites place on earth, that there are righteous people to when it hap pens according to the desis of the wicked, and there are wided people to whom it happene azzarding to the ciends of the righteous I said that this also is vanits And T commend log for man has nothing better under the nan but to cat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his tail through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun. When I applied my heart in low wesdom, tod to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night co one's eyes see site" then I saw all the work of God, that man chonet find out the work dat is done under the sun. However touch man may tell in seeking, he he will will net not find find it out. Even though a wise man daims to know he cannet find it out Death Comes to All ut all this I laid to heart, te heart, examining it all how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know, both are before him the same for all, since the same event ond and the evil to the dean and the who andon, to hant who sacrifices and han does sacrifice. As the good one ,is so  is the sinner's. 

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 to 5

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Ecclesiastes chapter 3 to 5

A Time for Everything 3 for every matter under heave a time to be bom, and a time to the a time to plant, and a time to phich what is planted. a time to kill, and a time to hea a time to break down, and a time br up a time to weep, and a time to laugh a time to mourn, and a time to une a time to cast away stones, and ann gather stones together a time to embrace, and a time to re from embracing a time to seek, and a time to lose a time to keep, and a time to cast a a time to tear, and a time to sew a time to keep silence, and a time ne speak: *a time to love, and a time whare a time for war, and a time for pe The God-Given Task *What gain has the worker from his have seen the business that God has given the children of man to be busy with "Hel made everything beautiful in its time Also br has put eternity into man's heart, yet so thinke cannot find out what God has done fin de beginning to the end. perceived the terms nothing better for them than to be joyfuland Ho good as long as they live, Palso that es hould eat and drink and take pleasum in all the oil-this is God's gift to man "I perceived that whatever God d ndures forever, nothing can be added toit sor anything taken from it God has te so that people fear bekur him. The which is, already has been that which is to be ready has been, and God seeks what has bee riven away rom Dust to Dust Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the lace of justice even there was wicked and in the place of rip and the wichand, for as wickedness said in the heart God will adge the righteous an a time for every matter and every I said in my heart with regard to the dre man that God is testing them that they to me that they themselves are but bea 555 ECCLESIASTES 5:16 en to the children of man and what the other They all have the same breath, to the beasts is the same as one dies de has no advantage over the beasts for All go to one place All are from and to dust all return. #Who knows the spirit of man goes upward and the of the beast goes down into the gw that there is nothing better than seaman should rejoice in his work, for that Meter Who can bring him to see what will Under the Sun Apin i saw all the oppressions that are are under the sun. And behold, the tears the oppressed, and they had no one to com-dem On the side of their oppressors there and there was no one to comfort And I thought the dead who are already mme fortunate than the living who are alive. But better than both is he who has theen and has not seen the evil deeds that name under the sun. Then i saw that all toil and all skill in work from a man's envy of his neighbor. This atity and a striving after wind. The folds his hands and eats his own Beers a handful of quietness than two of sell and a striving wind and string after one per mam tolling and depriving myself of to bus no other, either son or brother, yet nond to all his soil and his eyes are statiol with riches, so that he never asks This ise is vanity and an unhappy anbetter than one, because they have dard for their toil. For if they fall phis fellow. But woe to him who falls and has not another to Arain if two lie together they but how can one keep warm alone? M Buchman much pervail rainstone wm quiddy broken will withstand him a three was a poor and wise youth than an Wahab king who no longer knew how For the went from prison to the town kingdom he had been all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those to stand in the king's place. There was no end who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind Fear God earthGuard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools for they do not know that they are doing evil Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business and a fool's voice with many words *When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you yow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger" that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity, but God is the one you must fear. The Vanity of Wealth and Honor is gain for a land in every way, a king commit ted to cultivated fields" If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righ teousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and He who loves money will not be satistied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity: "When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eves Sweet is the sleep of a laborEE whether the cats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep. There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun riches were kept by their owner his hurt and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand Ashe came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand This aho is a grievous evil just as he came so shall he go.

The text provided is from the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, specifically verses 1-8 and parts of later verses, famous for the phrase, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven," detailing opposite pairs like birth/death, weeping/laughing, war/peace, emphasizing life's cyclical nature and God's divine, unchangeable timing, encouraging joy in simple acts (eating, drinking) as God's gift despite life's mysteries. It's a wisdom passage often used at funerals, highlighting God's control and the human inability to grasp everything, leading to finding contentment in His plan. 

Key Themes & Verses

Divine Order: God sets a specific time for every event, creating balance (e.g., build/break down, love/hate).

Human Limitation: People toil, but cannot fully comprehend God's eternal work, which is beautiful in its time.

God's Gift: The best response is to find joy, eat, drink, and find pleasure in one's work, as these are gifts from God.

Eternity: Everything God does endures; nothing can be added or taken away. He works so people fear Him.

Cyclical Nature: What happens now has happened before, and God orchestrates repetition, all leading to His purpose. 

What it Means (Interpretation)

Acceptance: Life involves opposites, and we must accept the different seasons (joy/sorrow, peace/war) as part of a larger divine plan.

Contentment: Rather than trying to understand everything or despair over life's unfairness (evil in justice's place), find satisfaction in the present, God-given moments.

Reverence: This structured, seemingly random life is designed to inspire reverence and trust in God's perfect, albeit mysterious, timing. 

Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 and 3 ..Dead sea Scrolls

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 and 3 ..Dead sea Scrolls  

CCLESIASTES 2:12 doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. The Vanity of Living Wisely So I turned to consider wisdom and mad-ness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king Only what has already been done. "Then I saw that there is more gain In wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. The wise person has his eves in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. Then I said in my heart, "What happens to the fool will hap-pen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! "So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind The Vanity of Toil 1 hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me, 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. So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun, 2 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. What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 22 For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity. There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoy-ment in his toil. This also, 1 saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can cat or who can have enjoyment? For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has soven the business of gathering and collecting only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. 554 A Time for Everything 3 For everything there is a season, and for every matter under heaven # a time to be born, and a time to die a time to plant, and a time to pod what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal a time to break down, and a timeb up: 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh a time to mourn, and a time to danc sa time to cast away stones, and a gather stones together, a time to embrace, and a time to refran from embracing; ⚫ a time to seek, and a time to lose a time to keep, and a time to cast aw 7 a time to tear, and a time to sew a time to keep silence, and a time to speak: a time to love, and a time to hate, a time for war, and a time for peace The God-Given Task What gain has the worker from his toif? have seen the business that God has given the children of man to be busy with. "Hela made everything beautiful in its time Aisole has put eternity into man's heart, yet so thathe cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 121 perceived that there s nothing better for them than to be joyful and do good as long as they live; 1 also that every should eat and drink and take pleasure inal toil this is God's gift to man. 14 I perceived that whatever God doe endures forever: nothing can be added wit nor anything taken from it God has done it, so that people fear before him. The which is already has been: that which is the already has been: and God seeks what has been driven away. 

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Dead sea Scrolls .. ECCLESIASTES Chapter 1 and 2.

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ECCLESIASTES

 Dead sea Scrolls .. ECCLESIASTES Chapter 1 and 2. 

The words of the Preacher, the son of David. king in Jerusalem

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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

A generation goes, and a generation.comes, but the earth remains forever.

The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises

The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full;

to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it.

the eye is not satisfied with seeing.

nor the ear filled with hearing

What has been is what will be. and what has been done is what will be done,

and there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Is there a thing of which it is said,

"See, this is new"?

It has been already

in the ages before us.

There is no remembrance of former things,

nor will there be any remembrance

of later things yet to be among those who come after

The Vanity of Wisdom

1 the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind

What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted

I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

18 For in much wisdom is much vexation. and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

The Vanity of Self-Indulgence

I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test 2 you with pleasure, enjoy yourself But behold, this also was vanity I said of laugh-ter. "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?" I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine-my heart still guiding me with wisdom and how to lay hold on folly till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life. I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. "I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 71 bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in lerusalem 1 also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man.

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me "And whatever my eves desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil and this was my reward for all my toil. "Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended

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