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Ecclesiastes 1:1

The words of Koheleth, the son of David, the king in Jerusalem.

Leeser Tanakh

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.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:42And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.

2 Chronicles 10:17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, over them did Rehobo'am reign.

Psalms 40:9(40:10) I announce [thy] righteousness in the great assembly: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, thou well knowest it.

Ecclesiastes 1:12I Koheleth was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 12:8Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth: all is vanity.—

Jonah 3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.

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