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1 Kings 4:32 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 4 · verse 32
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.1 Kings 4:32 · King James Version
1 Kings 4:32 in context
30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33And 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.
34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- proverbsmâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical natureH4912 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- songsshîyra songH7892 →
- fivechâmêshfiveH2568 →
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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 wisdom. He gives the powers of reason (Job 38:36), preserves and improves them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-34