Later, after describing the full extent of the wealth and power he had come to possess, Solomon declared that “everything was vanity and a striving after wind. ” ​ — Ecclesiastes 2: 11.
( उपदेशक २: ३ - ९) पण लक्ष देण्याजोगी गोष्ट म्हणजे हे सर्व मिळवण्याची उत्कट इच्छा त्याला नव्हती.