![]() The custom in other nations of the day was for kings to marry daughters or sisters of foreign kings in order to form alliances with those countries. His first mistake in chasing after the wind was to multiply foreign wives for himself in direct disobedience to God’s orders in Deuteronomy 17:16–17. He wrote Ecclesiastes at the end of his life as he reflected upon lessons learned. ![]() Yet, despite those gifts, he began to drift away from God’s commands (1 Kings 11:3–4). He had power, position, prosperity, and great wisdom: all gifts from the God who loved him (2 Chronicles 1:7–12). ![]() Chosen by God from infancy to be the next king after his father, David (2 Samuel 12:25 1 Chronicles 28:6 29:1), Solomon had everything he could need for a lifetime of success. Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes as a personal benediction, sharing what life had taught him. The author of Ecclesiastes learned that pursuing meaningless things-things that do not have eternal significance-is only chasing after the wind. ![]() ![]() Ecclesiastes 1:14 speaks of chasing the wind as it relates the theme of the whole book: “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” Chasing the wind is a metaphor for pursuing futility. The book of Ecclesiastes uses the phrase chasing after the wind at least seven times. ![]()
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