1 Kings 4:1-19; Ecclesiastes 1:1
Solomon relates his personal experience Ecclesiastes 2 ; the result of which was “no profit,” and a conviction that all, even God’s gifts of earth...
(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...
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happine...
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 (...
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 li...
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 o...
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...
Was king ] see Intro. § 2.
KOHELETH RELATES HIS OWN EXPERIENCE. (12) Having in the introductory verses stated the argument of the treatise, the writer proceeds to prove what...
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 sens...
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...
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 d...
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...
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 insuffici...
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...
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 m...
Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jer...
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 attent...
The Intellectual Search ( Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ). Ecclesiastes 1:12-13 ‘I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem, and I applied my hear...
The Preacher Has Made His Enquiries and Comes Up With Nothing ( Ecclesiastes 1:12 - Ecclesiastes 2:26 ). The Preacher now brings out that he has...
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 mig...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 I. Solomon's first resource was philosophy. He studied man's position in this world. His appetite for knowledge was omnivorou...
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 son...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE TITLE . The words of the Preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem ; Septuagint, "King of Israel i...
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem, over the entire nation, as Solomon states in looking back over his long reign.
The Unreliability of Earthly Wisdom
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...
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...
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.