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1 Kings 4:32

1 Kings 4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Proverbs - In the collection which forms the “Book of Proverbs,” only a small portion has been preserved, less certainly than one thousand out of the three. Ecclesiastes, if it is Solomon’s, would add…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

He spake three thousand proverbs - The book of Proverbs, attributed to Solomon, contain only about nine hundred or nine hundred and twenty-three distinct proverbs; and if we grant with some that the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 4:29-34

Solomon's wisdom was more his glory than his wealth, and here we have a general account of it.

I. The fountain of his wisdom: God gave it him, Kg1 4:29. He owns it himself. Pro 2:6, The Lord giveth…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

three thousand proverbs Of which some are contained in the book of Proverbs to which his name is given, but these are not all his, nor would all that are attributed to him there approach the number in…