Ecclesiastes 4:15

New International Version

I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:6

Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.