Oh, I did great things:built houses,planted vineyards,designed gardens and parksand planted a variety of fruit trees in them,made pools of waterto irrigate the groves of trees.I bought slaves, male and female,who had children, giving me even more slaves;then I acquired large herds and flocks,larger than any before me in Jerusalem.I piled up silver and gold,loot from kings and kingdoms.I gathered a chorus of singers to entertain me with song,and—most exquisite of all pleasures—voluptuous maidens for my bed.