Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 1:16
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Ecclesiastes1:16
16. communed with ... heart--(Ge 24:45).
come to great estate--Rather, "I have magnified and gotten" (literally, "added," increased), &c.
all ... before me in Jerusalem--namely, the priests, judges, and two kings that preceded Solomon. His wisdom exceeded that of all before Jesus Christ, the antitypical Koheleth, or "Gatherer of men," (Lu 13:34), and "Wisdom" incarnate (Mt 11:19; 12:42).
had ... experience--literally, "had seen" (Jr 2:31). Contrast with this glorying in worldly wisdom (Jr 9:23, 24).
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