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Ecclesiastes 1

Eccl. 1:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I the Preacher
qoheleth (Hebrew #6953)
a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer): abstractly, preaching (used as a "nom de plume", Koheleth)
KJV usage: preacher.
Pronounce: ko-heh'-leth
Origin: feminine of active participle from 6950
was king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
q over Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
in Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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1 Kings 4:1• 1And king Solomon was king over all Israel. (1 Kings 4:1)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Eccl. 1:1• 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. (Eccl. 1:1)
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1 Kings 4:1‑19• 1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
 2And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;
 3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;
 4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
 5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;
 6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
 7And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
 8And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
 9Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.
 10Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.
 11Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.
 12Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.
 13Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.
 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, at Mahanaim.
 15Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
 16Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.
 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar.
 18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.
 19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and he was the only superintendent that was in the land. (1 Kings 4:1‑19)
• He would not have us forget that, should he fail in his search for perfect satisfaction, it will not be because he is not fully qualified both by his abilities and his position to succeed. (“Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs” by F.C. Jennings)
• Is it not meet that the writer who is about to give recital of his experiences should first tell us what his position was at the very time of those experiences? That at the very time of all these exercises, disappointments, and groanings, he was still the highest monarch on earth, king over an undivided Israel, in Jerusalem, with all the resources and glories that accompany this high station, preeminently fitting him to speak with authority, and compelling us to listen with the profoundest respect and attention. (“Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.