32<\/strong>. three thousand proverbs<\/em> ] 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 the text. The proverb ( ) of the Hebrews was, as we see from those preserved, more of the character of a parable, or wise comparison, than what we commonly call by that name.<\/p>\n his songs<\/em> ] No doubt some of these were preserved, though not included in the Canon of Scripture, and their character is perhaps impressed upon the Song, which is called of Solomon, that has come down to us. The LXX. makes the number of the songs to be 5000; Josephus agrees with the Hebrew text. We need not suppose that these songs were of a sacred character. Psalms 72, 127 are (if we be consistent in translating the preposition) ascribed to Solomon in their titles, but the titles are of small authority, and in the latter case the LXX. omits the ascription to Solomon. Ewald thinks the second Psalm may be one of Solomon’s composition. Dean Perowne, thinking it probable that Solomon made a collection of his father’s poetry for the service of the Temple, attributes the first Psalm to him. The sententious and somewhat proverbial character of the language gives support to this opinion.<\/p>\n Proverbs – <\/B>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 Solomons, would add between one hundred and two hundred more proverbs. But the great bulk of Solomons proverbs has perished.<\/P> Songs – <\/B>Of these, Canticles is probably one (marginal reference): Ps. 72<\/span>; Psa 127:1-5<\/span> may also be of the number. Probably the bulk of Solomons songs were of a secular character, and consequently were not introduced into the canon of Scripture.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 32<\/span>. He spake three thousand proverbs<\/B><\/I>] The book of Proverbs, attributed to Solomon, contain only about nine hundred<\/I> or nine hundred<\/I> and twenty-three<\/I> distinct proverbs; and if we grant with some that the first nine chapters<\/I> are not the work of Solomon, then all that can be attributed to him is only about six<\/I> hundred<\/I> and fifty<\/I>.<\/P> <\/P> Of all his one thousand<\/I> and five songs<\/I> or poems<\/I> we have only one<\/I>, the book of Canticles, remaining, unless we include Ps 127:1-5<\/span>, Except the Lord build the house<\/I>, &c., which in the title is said to be by<\/I> or for<\/I> him, though it appears more properly to be a psalm of direction<\/I>, left him by his father David, relative to the building of the temple.<\/P> <\/p>\n Proverbs, <\/B>i.e. short, and deep, and useful sentences, whereof a great and the best part are contained in the Books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Of his songs the chief and most divine are in the Canticles. <\/P> <\/p>\n 32. he spake three thousandproverbs<\/B>embodying his moral sentiments and sage observationson human life and character. <\/P> songs . . . a thousand andfive<\/B> Psa 72:1-20<\/span>;Psa 127:1-5<\/span>; Psa 132:1-18<\/span>,and the Song of Songs<\/span> arehis.<\/P><\/p>\n And he spake three thousand proverbs<\/strong>,…. Wise sayings, short and pithy sentences, instructive in morality and civil life; these were not written as the book of Proverbs, but spoken only, and were taken from his lips, and spread by those that heard them for the use of others, but in process of time were lost; whereas the above book, being written under divine inspiration, is preserved: and<\/p>\n his songs were a thousand and five<\/strong>; some things that were useful to improve the minds and morals of men he delivered in verse, to make them more pleasant and agreeable, that they might be the more easily received and retained in memory; but of all his songs, the most: excellent is the book of Canticles, called “the Song of Songs”, being divine and spiritual, and dictated by the inspiration of the Spirit of God: he was both a moral philosopher and poet, as well as a botanist and naturalist, and well-skilled in medicine, as the following words suggest, 1Ki 4:33<\/span>.<\/p>\n (32) Proverbs.<\/strong>The word proverb (mashal<\/em>), <\/em>from a root signifying comparison, has the various meanings of (a<\/em>) parable or allegory, (b<\/em>) proverb in the modern sense, (c<\/em>) riddle or enigmatical poem, (d<\/em>) <\/em>figurative and antithetical poetry, like the parable of Balaam. The Book of Proverbs belongs mainly, but not exclusively, to the second class. Its main part consists of two series of Proverbs of Solomon (Proverbs 10-24, 25-29<\/span>), composed or collected by him; falling, however, far short of the number given in this verse. The earlier portion (see especially 1Ki. 1:20-33<\/span>; 1Ki. 1:2<\/span>; 1Ki. 1:8<\/span>) partakes more of the character of the first and fourth classes; and in Ecc. 12:3-6<\/span>, and perhaps Pro. 30:15-16<\/span>; Pro. 30:24-31<\/span>, we have specimens of the third. If the three thousand of the text be intended to be taken literally, it is obvious that only a small part of Solomons proverbs has been preserved. His declension into idolatry might induce care in selection. by such prophetic compilers as the men of Hezekiah (Proverbs 25<\/span>).<\/p>\n His songs.<\/strong>We have still ascribed to Solomon the Song of Songs and two Psalms (72 and 127); but nothing else is, even by tradition, preserved to us. This passage is singularly interesting as showing that the Old Testament Canon is not a collection of chance fragments of a scanty literature, but that out of a literature, which at this time, at any rate, was large and copious, deliberate selections by prophetic authority were made. (The men of Hezekiah, named in Pro. 25:1<\/span>, are by Jewish tradition Isaiah and his companions.) In the case of Solomon some special caution would be natural, and much of his poetry may have been purely secular. The Psalter of Solomon (including eighteen psalms) is a Greek apocryphal book, of the time of the Maccabees or later.<\/p>\n 32<\/strong>. <\/strong> He spake three thousand proverbs <\/strong> He seems to have first established among the Hebrews this species of gnomic didactic poetry. Of these three thousand proverbs a very valuable though a comparatively small portion remains in the Book of Proverbs, and, perhaps, also in Ecclesiastes. The remark that he spake <\/em> these proverbs may imply that they were not all written <\/em> or actually recorded, and so, from being preserved only by oral tradition, they either became gradually lost, or their authorship became uncertain. <\/p>\n His songs were a thousand and five <\/strong> Being the son of the greatest of human lyrists, the sweet psalmist of Israel, he naturally inherited the gift of poetry and song. Of these thousand and five songs there now remain but the seventy-second and one hundred and twenty-seventh Psalms and the Canticles, though the authorship of the latter is a controverted question. But though most of the Proverbs and Songs of Solomon are lost to us, their silent influences, flowing through unseen channels, may have greatly affected both the ancient and modern literature of the East, and may still be studied in the apocryphal books of Ecclesiasticus and the Wisdom of Solomon.<\/p>\n 1Ki 4:32<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And he spake three thousand proverbs, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> Josephus, who loved to magnify every thing that concerned Solomon, instead of three thousand proverbs, <\/em>tells us that he composed three thousand books <\/em>of proverbs. The greater certainly is our loss, if the thing were credible; because all the proverbs of Solomon which we have, are comprized in the book which goes under that name, and in his Ecclesiastes. Of his numerous poems <\/em>we have none remaining except his song of songs, <\/em>unless the 127th Psalm (which in its Hebrew title is ascribed to him) may be supposed to be one of them. There have been some spurious pieces attributed to him. See Le Clerc, and Calmet. <\/p>\n (32) And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. (33) And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Whether the book of Proverbs which bears his name, or any part of it, is in the number of those 3000; or whether the song of songs, which also he wrote, is among the 1005 of his songs; is not easy to say. It should seem that, as we have reason to hope all Solomon’s writings were to the divine glory, the sacred historian had these in view which are divinely inspired. And especially, as Solomon is said to have been wiser than Ethan and Heman, some of whose writings also were inspired, and are handed down to us in the collection of the book of psalms, as maschil or matter of instruction. See Psa 88<\/span> and Psa 89<\/span> . whose names in the title those psalms bear. But certainly both in human and divine learning, the general tendency of this account is to point out Solomon’s pre-eminency.<\/p>\n 1Ki 4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.<\/p>\n Ver. 32. And he spake three thousand proverbs.<\/strong> ] Which others, likely, took from his mouth, and made books of them; such as contained cunctam saeculi doctrinam,<\/em> as Jerome saith of Tertullian’s works, who was, saith Lactantins, a general scholar. Of these proverbs of Solomon, not the one half are come to hand, as being no part of holy writ. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And his songs were a thousand and five.<\/strong> ] Whereof is extant only that Song of Songs, that singular song. see <\/em> Son 1:1 This and the rest of his works extant in the Church, show his divine learning: as his other lectures 1Ki 4:33 his human.<\/p>\n proverbs. Some included in the book of that name. songs. Compare Psalm 72 and Psalm 127. <\/p>\n he spake: Pro 1:1 – Pro 31:30, Ecc 12:9, Mat 13:35 <\/p>\n songs: Son 1:1-17 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Pro 10:1 – proverbs Pro 25:1 – proverbs<\/p>\n 1Ki 4:32-33. He spake three thousand proverbs That is, short, deep, and useful sentences, whereof a great part are contained in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Songs Whereof the most divine and chief are in the Canticles. And he spake of trees That is, of all plants, of their nature and qualities. From the cedar-tree unto the hyssop From the greatest to the least. That springeth out of the wall Dr. Waterland renders the original here, Hyssop that runneth out to the wall: the wall of Jerusalem may be meant, which was encompassed with mountains that produced abundance of hyssop. He spake also of beasts and of fowl, &c. This shows the vastness of his knowledge, which comprehended the history of animals as well as of plants, whose nature and qualities he also understood. All these discourses of Solomon are lost, without any impeachment of the perfection of the Holy Scriptures; which were not written to teach men philosophy or physic, but only to make them wise unto salvation.<\/p>\n 4:32 And he spake three thousand {m} proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.<\/p>\n (m) Which for the most part are thought to have perished in the captivity of Babylon.<\/p>\n And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 32. 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 the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 4:32”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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