Ecclesiastes 2:7 says, I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:  Solomon was not just a newly rich person.  He not only had servants, but he had them born in his house.  As King of Israel, he was called to lead the people of God, not shear them like sheep for his own pleasure.   We need leaders today, especially religious leaders, who are more interested in even the lowest of people, and not just Christians, than they are of their own personal wealth.  Solomon had more cattle than anyone in Jerusalem before him.  There is no doubt that he was a very rich man, but he was also very dissatisfied.  Verse eight says, I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.  Solomon was still looking for purpose in life, and now he looked to silver, gold, treasures, and entertainment.  Amassing treasures and looking to be entertained was not what Solomon was supposed to be doing.  He was supposed caring for God's people.  God's work must come first in all that we do. Verse nine says, So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. today are the same.  We can never hope to be as rich as Solomon, but through it all, his wisdom remained with Him.  He wasn't acting without considering what he was doing.  God gives us the wisdom to know what we should do, and also the wisdom to know when what we are doing is not right.  Verse ten says, And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.  Anything Solomon wanted, he got.  He felt this was his right, but his people did not fare as well.  Again, God does not bless us for our own selfish desires, but to help us reach the lost world.