Ecclesiastes 1:5

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The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

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Jerusalem is not named in Ecclesiastes 1:5, though the book’s speaker is introduced in 1:1 as a king in Jerusalem, Israel’s political and worship center. That setting frames the observation of the sun’s repetitive course as wisdom reflection on life under

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Ecclesiastes 1:5 mentions Jerusalem.

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