What does Ecclesiastes 7:23 – 25 mean?
King Solomon was a first class PLAYBOY… he had over 1,000 ladies to please sexually. Unless he did group sex any one of his wives had to wait over 3 years to get in bed with him… so Lesbianism and masturbation was the order of the day! Plus King Solomon built shrines in the Temple of THE LORD and all over Israel for male and female prostitutes… It doesn’t say in the Bible, but I suspect that he must have put a lot of his wives to work in those shrines…!!! The Bible God was very much impressed with King Solomon’s sexual adventures and bizarre behavior. All things considered, GOD CERTIFIED KING SOLOMON AS THE WISEST MAN EVER TO SET FOOT ON THIS EARTH! When God gets impressed by anybody you can’t go wrong! Prostitution is OK as long as it helps God’s people…. Rahab was a Prostitute who committed high treason against her own country. She actually lied to protect God’s people who came to spend the night with her. She made it into the Bible’s Hall of Fame! She will preserve her title
You need to put the passage in the context of this other passage that tells us how Solomon (the author of Ecclesiastes) obtained his wisdom: 1 Kings 4:29-34 29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than any other man, including Ethan the Ezrahite—wiser than Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. 33 He described plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. 34 Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom. Unfortunately, Solomon turned away from God and from His gift and abused
