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I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.
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Verse 8. Silver, which became, in consequence, of little value.—Singing. At the court of Persia, people sung all night, and during the feasts. Athen. xii. and 14.—Cups and vessels; (Aq. and Sym.) or, “men and women to,” and so forth (Sept.) or, “a field and fields;” ( Calmet.) or, Prot. “as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.” Hebrew shidda beshiddoth. Bible.
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