Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
In Context
2Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:42And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, were forty years.
2 Chronicles 10:17But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
Psalms 40:9that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
Ecclesiastes 1:12I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,
Ecclesiastes 12:8Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
Jonah 3:2Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.