the king-teacher of his court and of all other persons who will listen. This, then, is unique material, information that apart from God’s providence would not be available to the biblical counselor. Doubtless Ecclesiastes could never have been written unless by that same providence Solomon had fallen into gross sin and then repented, and out of those experiences wrote the book. In all likelihood, Ecclesiastes is Solomon’s last literary work. The tragedies of sin are unspeakable. Yet, as every biblical