Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
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Gill's Exposition
Now there was found in it a poor wise man,.... Christ, who is man, though not a mere man, but God as well as man; who was so in purpose, covenant, and promise, before his incarnation, since truly and…
A parable probably without foundation in fact. Critics who ascribe this book to a late age offer no better suggestion than that the “little city” may be Athens delivered 480 b.c. from the host of…
Solomon still recommends wisdom to us as necessary to the preserving of our peace and the perfecting of our business, notwithstanding the vanities and crosses which human affairs are subject to. He…
Cambridge Bible
and he by his wisdom delivered the city The history of the siege of Abel-beth-Maachah in 2Sa 20:14-20 presents a suggestive parallel, but there the wisdom that delivered the city was that of a woman.
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