Ecclesiastes 1:1

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 1:1

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

The preacher

King

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:12

Bible References

The preacher

I, the Teacher, [was] king over Israel in Jerusalem.

"Look! I found this," said the Teacher, "while trying to find how the plan fits together.

"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"

You have also set up prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, saying, '[There is] a king in Judah.' And now it will be proclaimed to the king according to these words. Now, come and we will plan together."

I have brought good tidings [of] righteousness in the great congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, {you surely know that}.

[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,

"Get up! Go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the message that I [am] telling you."

and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, {and seven others} [when he] brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,

King

I, the Teacher, [was] king over Israel in Jerusalem.

All the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all of Israel [were] forty years.

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

But as for the {Israelites} who were living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam ruled over them.

General references

I, the Teacher, [was] king over Israel in Jerusalem.