Ecclesiastes 1:12
Good News Translation
I, the Philosopher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Contemporary English Version
I said these things when I lived in Jerusalem as king of Israel.

New American Bible
I, Qoheleth, was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Douay-Rheims Bible
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

1 Kings 4:1 And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:

Context
With Wisdom Comes Sorrow
12I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,13And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:27
Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:11
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