1 Kings 4:32 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 4:32

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

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ASV

And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

WEB

Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

YLT

And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one;

DBT

And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Proverbs 25:1
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 1:1–31
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

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Thus great was Solomon, but our Lord Jesus was greater than he ( Matt. xii. 42 ), though he took upon him the form of a servant; for divinity, in its lowest humiliation, infinitely transcends royalty in its highest elevation. 1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

he spake three thousand proverbs--embodying his moral sentiments and sage observations on human life and character. songs . . . a thousand and five-- Psalm 72, 127, 132, and the Song of Songs are his.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Proverbs - That is, short, and deep, and useful sentences, whereof a great part are contained in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Songs - Whereof the chief and most divine are in the Canticles.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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