Ecclesiastes 4:14

ASV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

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For out.This is probably an allusion to some fact with which we are unacquainted. History furnishes many instances of mean persons raised to sovereign authority, and of kings being reduced to the meanest offices, and to a morsel. Agrippa mounted the throne of Israel after having been long in prison; and similar instances are not wanting in modern times.
Genesis 41:14; Genesis 41:33-44; Job 5:11; Psalms 113:7; Psalms 113:8
also.
1 Kings 14:26; 1 Kings 14:27; 2 Kings 23:31-34; 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Kings 24:6; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 25:7; 2 Kings 25:27-30; Lamentations 4:20
Daniel 4:31