Ecc 1:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. the Preacher —and Convener of assemblies for the purpose. See my . Koheleth in Hebrew, a symbolical name for Solomon, and of Heavenly Wisdom speaking through and identified with him. 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:1

1. 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. Ec 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.