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Ecclesiastes 9:14 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 9:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little city, and few men within it (עִיר קְטַנָּה וַאֲנָשִׁים בָּהּ מְעָט, ir qetannah va'anashim bah me'at)—a small city with few inhabitants, emphasizing vulnerability. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it (וּבָא־אֵלֶיהָ מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל וְסָבַב אֹתָהּ וּבָנָה עָלֶיהָ מְצוֹדִים גְּדֹלִים, uva-eleha melekh gadol vesavav otah uvanah aleha metsodim gedolim)—a great king came, surrounded it, and built great siege works.The parable establishes impossible odds: qetannah (small) city with me'at (few) defenders versus melekh gadol (gr...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 9:14
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“that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army”
“and they cast up a mound against the city”