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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 1:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ec 1:1 |
Strong Concordance |
The words [01697] of the Preacher [06953], the son [01121] of David [01732], king [04428] in Jerusalem [03389]. |
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King James |
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
INTRODUCTION. (Ecc. 1:1-18)
the Preacher--and Convener of assemblies for the purpose. See my Preface. Koheleth in Hebrew, a symbolical name for Solomon, and of Heavenly Wisdom speaking through and identified with him. Ecc 1:12 shows that "king of Jerusalem" is in apposition, not with "David," but "Preacher."
of Jerusalem--rather, "in Jerusalem," for it was merely his metropolis, not his whole kingdom. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Preacher - literally, Convener. No one English word represents the Hebrew קהלת qôheleth adequately. Though capable, according to Hebrew usage, of being applied to men in office, it is strictly a feminine participle, and describes a person in the act of calling together an assembly of people as if with the intention of addressing them. The word thus understood refers us to the action of Wisdom personified Pro 1:20; Pro 8:8. In Proverbs and here, Solomon seems to support two characters, speaking sometimes in the third person as Wisdom instructing the assembled people, at other times in the first person. So our Lord speaks of Himself (compare Luk 11:49 with Mat 23:34) as Wisdom, and as desiring Luk 13:34 to gather the people together for instruction; It is unfortunate that the word "Preacher" does not bring this personification before English minds, but a different idea. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The title, Ecc 1:1, The words of Koheleth, son of David, king in Jerusalem, has been already explained in the Introduction. The verse, which does not admit of being properly halved, is rightly divided by "son of David" by the accent Zakef; for the apposition, "king in Jerusalem," does not belong to "David," but to "Koheleth." In several similar cases, such as Eze 1:3, the accentuation leaves the designation of the oppositional genitive undefined; in Gen 10:21 it proceeds on an erroneous supposition; it is rightly defined in Amo 1:1, for example, as in the passage before us. That "king" is without the article, is explained from this, that it is determined by "in Jerusalem," as elsewhere by "of Israel" ("Judah"). The expression (cf. Kg2 14:23) is singular. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The preacher - Who was not only a king, but also a teacher of God's people: who having sinned grievously in the eyes of all the world, thought himself obliged to publish his repentance, and to give publick warning to all, to avoid those rocks upon which he had split. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The words of the Preacher - Literally, "The words of Choheleth, son of David, king of Jerusalem." But the Targum explains it thus: "The words of the prophecy, which Choheleth prophesied; the same is Solomon, son of David the king, who was in Jerusalem. For when Solomon, king of Israel, saw by the spirit of prophecy that the kingdom of Rehoboam his son was about to be divided with Jeroboam, the son of Nebat; and the house of the sanctuary was about to be destroyed, and the people of Israel sent into captivity; he said in his word - Vanity of vanities is all that I have labored, and David my father; they are altogether vanity." The word קהלת Koheleth is a feminine noun, from the root קהל kahal, to collect, gather together, assemble; and means, she who assembles or collects a congregation; translated by the Septuagint, ekklhsiasthv, a public speaker, a speaker in an assembly; and hence translated by us a preacher. In my old MS. Bible it is explained thus: a talker to the peple; or togyder cleping. |
12 I the Preacher [06953] was king [04428] over Israel [03478] in Jerusalem [03389].
34 O Jerusalem [2419], Jerusalem [2419], which [3588] killest [615] the prophets [4396], and [2532] stonest [3036] them that are sent [649] unto [4314] thee [846]; how often [4212] would [2309] I have gathered [1996] thy [4675] children [5043] together [1996], as [3739] [5158] a hen [3733] doth gather her [1438] brood [3555] under [5259] her wings [4420], and [2532] ye would [2309] not [3756]!
34 Wherefore [1223] [5124], behold [2400], I [1473] send [649] unto [4314] you [5209] prophets [4396], and [2532] wise men [4680], and [2532] scribes [1122]: and [2532] some of [1537] them [846] ye shall kill [615] and [2532] crucify [4717]; and [2532] some of [1537] them [846] shall ye scourge [3146] in [1722] your [5216] synagogues [4864], and [2532] persecute [1377] them from [575] city [4172] to [1519] city [4172]:
49 Therefore [1223] [5124] also [2532] said [2036] the wisdom [4678] of God [2316], I will send [649] [1519] them [846] prophets [4396] and [2532] apostles [652], and [2532] some of [1537] them [846] they shall slay [615] and [2532] persecute [1559]:
8 All the words [0561] of my mouth [06310] are in righteousness [06664]; there is nothing froward [06617] or perverse [06141] in them.
20 Wisdom [02454] crieth [07442] without [02351]; she uttereth [05414] her voice [06963] in the streets [07339]:
23 In the fifteenth [02568] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Amaziah [0558] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Judah [03063] Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478] began to reign [04427] in Samaria [08111], and reigned forty [0705] and one [0259] years [08141].
1 The words [01697] of Amos [05986], who was among the herdmen [05349] of Tekoa [08620], which he saw [02372] concerning Israel [03478] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and in the days [03117] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478], two years [08141] before [06440] the earthquake [07494].
21 Unto Shem [08035] also, the father [01] of all the children [01121] of Eber [05677], the brother [0251] of Japheth [03315] the elder [01419], even to him were children born [03205].
3 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came expressly unto Ezekiel [03168] the priest [03548], the son [01121] of Buzi [0941], in the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778] by the river [05104] Chebar [03529]; and the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was there upon him.
1 The words [01697] of the Preacher [06953], the son [01121] of David [01732], king [04428] in Jerusalem [03389].