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1 Kings 4:32

Solomon composed 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Solomon;   Song;   Wisdom;   Wise Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Proverbs;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Books;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Solomon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canon;   Proverbs;   Solomon;   Song of songs;   Wisdom literature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Wisdom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Hezekiah;   Music;   Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jether;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Library;   Solomon;   Wisdom and Wise Men;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Israel;   Parable;   Solomon;   Song of Songs;   Writing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Learning;   Odes of Solomon;   Protevangelium;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Music;   Philosophy;   Sol'omon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Canon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Book;   Education;   Proverb;   Proverbs, Book of;   Solomon;   Song of Songs;   Wisdom;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue.
Literal Translation
And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.
Easy-to-Read Version
By the end of his life, he had written 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs.
Revised Standard Version
He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
World English Bible
He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
King James Version (1611)
And he spake three thousand prouerbes: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.
King James Version
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he spake thre thousande prouerbes, & his songes were a thousande & fyue.
American Standard Version
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Bible in Basic English
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
Update Bible Version
And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
New English Translation
He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.
New King James Version
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.
Contemporary English Version
Solomon wrote three thousand wise sayings and composed more than one thousand songs.
Complete Jewish Bible
King Shlomo was king over all Isra'el, and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen; Elichoref and Achiyah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud, secretary of state; B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, commander of the army; Tzadok and Evyatar, cohanim; ‘Azaryah the son of Natan, chief administrator; Zavud the son of Natan, the king's trusted counselor; Achishar, in charge of the palace; Adoniram the son of ‘Avda, in charge of forced labor. Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year. They were: the son of Hur, in the hills of Efrayim; the son of Deker, in Makatz, Sha‘albim, Beit-Shemesh and Eilon-Beit-Hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubot; he also had charge of Sokhoh and all the territory of Hefer; the son of Avinadav, in all the area of Dor; he had Tafat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Achilud, in Ta‘anakh, Megiddo, and all Beit-Sh'an by Tzartan below Yizre‘el, from Beit-Sh'an to Avel-M'cholah, as far as beyond Yokme‘am; the son of Gever, in Ramot-Gil‘ad; he was in charge of the villages of Ya'ir the son of M'nasheh in Gil‘ad and in charge of the region of Argov in Bashan, sixty large cities with walls and bronze bars; Achinadav the son of ‘Iddo, in Machanayim; Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Alot; Y'hoshafat the son of Paruach, in Yissakhar; Shim‘i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and Gever the son of Uri, in the land of Gil‘ad, the country of Sichon king of the Emori and ‘Og king of Bashan. Over all these, there was one administrator in the land. Y'hudah and Isra'el were as numerous as sand grains on the seashore; they ate, drank and enjoyed themselves.
Darby Translation
And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.
George Lamsa Translation
And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Amplified Bible
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
Hebrew Names Version
He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="1ki.4.1" class="versetxt"> And king Solomon was king over all Israel. And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend; and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher; the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife; Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam; the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars; Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife; Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was [over all the officers] in the land. Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
New Living Translation
He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.
New Life Bible
He spoke 3,000 wise sayings and wrote 1,005 songs.
New Revised Standard
He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
English Revised Version
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he spake three thousand proverbs, - and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
Lexham English Bible
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.
English Standard Version
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
New American Standard Bible
He also told three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.
New Century Version
During his life he spoke three thousand wise sayings and also wrote one thousand five songs.
Good News Translation
He composed three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Salomon spak thre thousynde parablis, and hise songis weren fyue thousynde;
Young's Literal Translation
And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one;

Contextual Overview

29 God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than anyone—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations. 32 Solomon composed 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005. 33 He described trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. 34 People came from everywhere, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, to listen to Solomon's wisdom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he spake: Proverbs 1:1 - Proverbs 31:30, Ecclesiastes 12:9, Matthew 13:35

songs: Song of Solomon 1:1-17

Reciprocal: Proverbs 10:1 - proverbs Proverbs 25:1 - proverbs

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he spake three thousand proverbs,.... 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

his songs were a thousand and five; 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, 1 Kings 4:33.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs - 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 Solomon’s, would add between one hundred and two hundred more proverbs. But the great bulk of Solomon’s proverbs has perished.

Songs - Of these, Canticles is probably one (marginal reference): Psalms 72:0; Psalms 127:1-5 may also be of the number. Probably the bulk of Solomon’s songs were of a secular character, and consequently were not introduced into the canon of Scripture.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 4:32. He spake three thousand proverbs — The book of Proverbs, attributed to Solomon, contain only about nine hundred or nine hundred and twenty-three distinct proverbs; and if we grant with some that the first nine chapters are not the work of Solomon, then all that can be attributed to him is only about six hundred and fifty.

Of all his one thousand and five songs or poems we have only one, the book of Canticles, remaining, unless we include Psalms 127:1-5, Except the Lord build the house, &c., which in the title is said to be by or for him, though it appears more properly to be a psalm of direction, left him by his father David, relative to the building of the temple.


 
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