Having opened with a summary description of who the Qoheleth is and his qualifications for expressing the wisdom that he does, both being the gift of God, and also earned from much experience and exploration, he turns from his expression of hebel in all things to his biographical journey, begun in Ecclesiastes 1:12 first by closely observing other, and then going after things himself.
What Solomon is doing is teaching from experience, remarking upon everything so that no one might say after reading, "Well, have you tried this?" He tried it all and continues to express the hebel of joy, laughter, pleasure, control, accomplishment - everything to which man might put his hand.
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