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TWOT Reference: 2417a
sun
sun
sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
sun (as object of illicit worship)
openly, publicly (in other phrases)
pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Strong's Number H8121 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶשׁ (šemeš),
which occurs 134 times in 127 verses
in the WLC Hebrew.
Page 2 / 3 (2Ki 23:5–Ecc 11:7)
Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem. They had burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, moon, constellations, and all the stars in the sky.
He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the LORD’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. Then he died at sunset.
I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”
Their message[fn] has gone out to the whole earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun.
The Mighty One, God,[fn] the LORD, speaks;
he summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
may they not see the sun.
May they fear you[fn] while the sun endures
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield.
The LORD grants favor and honor;
he does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.[fn]
Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.
And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
So I began to give myself over[fn] to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.
For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.
But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
I saw all the living, who move about under the sun, follow[fn] a second youth who succeeds him.
There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:[fn]
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm.
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
I observed all the work of God and concluded that a person is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a person labors hard to explore it, he cannot find it; even if a wise person claims to know it, he is unable to discover it.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live; after that they go to the dead.
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.
Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting[fn] life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:
2. 2Ki 23:5–Ecc 11:7
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