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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 31:1-9

Proverbs 31:1-1 Samuel : . Second Division. Sayings of Lemuel.— A manual of directions for kings. Proverbs 31:1. The title is uncertain. RV is not grammatically correct. Read mg.— Massa ( mg.) , rendered “ oracle” in Proverbs 31:30, and here by RV, is the regular word for the oracles of the earlier prophets, but is strange in this connexion. There is a Mas’ a mentioned in the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser IV along with Teima in N. Arabia. This was one of the traditional seats of wisdom,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 31:1

Of king Lemuel, i.e. of Solomon, by the general consent both of Jewish and Christian writers; to whom this name doth very fitly agree, for it signifies one of or from God, or belonging to God; and such a one was Solomon eminently, being given by God to David and Bathsheba, as a pledge of his reconciliation to them after their repentance; of whom it is expressly said that the Lord loved him, 2 Samuel 12:24, and who was by God himself appointed to succeed David in the kingdom. Possibly his mother... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 31:1-9

CRITICAL NOTES.—Lemuel. This Hebrew word signifies “For God,” or “belonging to God,” and is regarded by most commentators as a proper name. The prophecy. Delitzsch, Stuart, and many other Hebrew scholars render this word as a proper name, and read “The words of Lemuel, king of MASSA, which his mother taught him.” Miller reads the verse, “Words in respect to the Seed-of-God, a king; a prophecy in agreement with which his mother disciplined him,” and, as in the preceding chapter, applies it to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 31:1-31

Chapter 31Now the thirty-first proverb are,The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him ( Proverbs 31:1 ).So these are really the words of King Lemuel's mother unto him. The advice of a godly mother to her prince son who one day is to reign over the people. There are those who think that Lemuel is indeed Solomon, and that these are the words of Bathsheba unto Solomon. Whether or not that is so is a matter of argument among the theologians, of which I have no desire to enter... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 31:1-31

Proverbs 31:1 . The words of king Lemuel. Ancient kings had many names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon was Jedidiah, or Jedid-jah, beloved of God. 2 Samuel 12:25. Lemuel is analyzed, למו אל Lemo-ail, sacred to God. Solomon’s appointment to the throne was also of God, he being the youngest was preferred before his elder brethren. But if another conjecture should be true, that Lemuel was a prince in a neighbouring kingdom to Israel, and his mother was a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 31:1

Proverbs 31:1The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.The words of king LemuelI. The first thing that strikes us here is the mother. “The prophecy which his mother taught him.”1. A mother’s anxiety. What shall he be? Better not to be, than to turn out a bad man. Seekest thou great things for the little one by thy side? Seek them not; better is it to be good than to be great; to be obscure in holiness rather than to be conspicuous in sin.2. This is a pious mother. “The... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 31:1

Pro 31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. Ver. 1. The words of King Lemuel. ] Lemuel’s lesson, Bathsheba’s catechism. Lemuel she calls him, because God had owned him. "I will be his father, and be shall be my son"; 2Sa 7:14 and was "with him" so long as he was "with God," according to 2 Chronicles 15:2 . Indeed, when he grew discinct and dissolute, then God’s soul sat loose to him, and was disjointed from him, Jer 6:8 and the rather because he had had the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 31:1

the prophecy: Proverbs 30:1 his: Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15 Reciprocal: Proverbs 31:28 - children 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - as read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 31:1

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.Lemuel — Of Solomon, by the general consent both of Jewish and Christian writers; this name signifies one from God, or belonging to God, and such an one was Solomon eminently, being given by God to David and Bathsheba, as a pledge of his reconciliation to them after their repentance. Possibly his mother gave him this name to mind him of his great obligations to God, and of the justice of his devoting himself to God's service. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 31:1

1. Words of King Lemuel This must be understood in a loose sense, not as if he was the author of them, but rather the subject, or the person to whom they were addressed; unless, indeed, we suppose, as is possible, that what we have here are indeed the words composed by Lemuel himself, in which he reduces to poetic form the wholesome instructions and precepts in which he was educated by his excellent mother. Thus they would be the “words of Lemuel,” but comprehending the teachings of his... read more