“ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. ”
Solomon relates his personal experience Ecclesiastes 2 ; the result of which was “no profit,” and a conviction that all, even God’s gifts of earthly good to good men, in this life are subject to v...
(h) I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. (h) He proves that if any could have attained happiness in this world by labour and study, he should have obtained it, because he had gifts and...
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
I. Solomon knew that the kingdom was to be rent ( 1 Kings 11:11 ; 1 Kings 11:12 ) and the People scattered; therefore he sought to kill Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 11:39-40 ). The Chaldee Targum says, on...
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. I the Preacher was king - This is a strange verse, and does not admit of an easy solution. It is literally, "I, Choheleth, have been king over Israel...
I, the preacher, was king, &c.— I, who have assembled you, was king, &c.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. Resumption of Ecclesiastes 1:1 , the intermediate verses being the introductory statement of his thesis. Therefore, the Preacher ( Qohelet...
All is Vanity 1-11. The writer describes himself. He declares that all things are transitory and without result, whether they be the works or the life of man, or the natural forces of heat, air, a...
KOHELETH RELATES HIS OWN EXPERIENCE. (12) Having in the introductory verses stated the argument of the treatise, the writer proceeds to prove what he has asserted as to the vanity of earthly pursu...
FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid t...
the Testimony of an Unsatisfied Soul Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 All is vanity ! This cry finds an echo in human hearts of every age and clime. Clod meant man to be happy. “These things,” said our Lo...
The first verse of this chapter introduces us to the author of the Book. Taken in conjunction with verse Ecclesiastes 1:12 , it leaves no room for doubt that he is Solomon. In stating his theme he e...
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. (13) And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the s...
I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. Solomon having given a general proof of the vanity of all things here below, and of the insufficiency of them to make men happy, proceeds to partic...
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. Ver. 12. I, the Preacher, was king over Israel. ] And so had all the helps that heart could wish, the benefit of the best books and records that m...
I the Preacher was king Having asserted the vanity of all things in the general, he now comes to prove his assertion in those particulars wherein men commonly seek, and with the greatest probabilit...
Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and searc...
This verse is a preface to the following discourse, that by the consideration of the quality of the speaker they might be induced to give more attention and respect to his words. Having asserted the...
The Intellectual Search ( Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ). Ecclesiastes 1:12-13 ‘I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem, and I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom about all th...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-14 I. Solomon found no rest in pleasure, riches, power, glory, wisdom itself. He had learnt nothing more, after all, than he might have known, and doubtless did know, when he was...
Ecclesiastes 1:2 . Vanity of vanities. This is the Hebrew form of the superlative degree of comparison; as, the heaven of heavens, the song of songs, &c. He adds, “vexation of spirit,” because...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE TITLE . The words of the Preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem ; Septuagint, "King of Israel in Jerusalem" (comp. Ecclesiastes 1:12 Ecclesiast...
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem, over the entire nation, as Solomon states in looking back over his long reign.
1 Kings 4:1-19 ; Ecclesiastes 1:1
The Man under the Sun Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In order to introduce this study we can think of no better way than to go to our booklet on Ecclesiastes for a quotation. 1. Eccl...
I was king — Having asserted the vanity of all things in the general, he now comes to prove his assertion in those particulars wherein men commonly seek, and with greatest probability expect to fin...