I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.