I made myself (A)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. I bought male and female slaves, and had (B)slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of (C)herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

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