12. Though one may be overpowered,two can defend themselves.A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
13. Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.
14. The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.
15. I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.