Ecclesiastes 1:1
THE WORDS OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
In Context
2Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
2 Chronicles 10:17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Psalms 40:9(40-10) I have preached righteousness in the great congregation, lo, I did not refrain my lips; O LORD, Thou knowest.
Ecclesiastes 1:12I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 12:8Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity.
Jonah 3:2'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'