Ecclesiastes 2:5

New English Translation

I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:8

and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.

Song of Solomon 4:12

You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

Song of Solomon 4:13

Your shoots are a royal garden full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard,

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!

Song of Solomon 6:2

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Jeremiah 39:4

When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king’s garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.