Ecclesiastes 9:15 meaning and explanation

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, a wisdom writer reflecting on life under the sun, tells of a small city with few defenders besieged by a mighty king. A poor but wise man in the city saved it by his wisdom, yet afterward no one remembered him.

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