Proverbs 25:1

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. Proverbs 25:1. Here begins the third part of the whole book: a selection from the 3,000 proverbs which Solomon spoke (; ), copied out nearly 300 years after by "the men of Hezekiah" (perhaps Isaiah and Micah, Shebnah and Joah, 2 Kin. 28:18 ). The bringing forth of the Word of God from its obscurity was a fitting accompaniment of the reformation which that good king undertook (; cf. 2 Chronicles 29:1 and 2 Chron 30), as in that effected by Josiah...

CHAPTER XXV _A new series of Solomon's proverbs. God's glory in mysteries._ _Observations concerning kings. Avoid contentions. Opportune_ _speech. The faithful ambassador. Delicacies to be sparingly_ _used. Avoid familiarity. Amusements not grateful to a_ _distressed mind. Do good to your enemies. The misery of_ _dwelling with a scold. The necessity of moderation and_ _self-government._ NOTES ON CHAP. XXV Verse Proverbs 25:1. _THESE_ ARE _ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON_] In my old MS. Bible, this v

A new section. COPIED OUT - In the sense of a transfer from oral tradition to writing....

EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects. PROVERBS 25:1 _The_ _superscription: _THESE ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, WHICH THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH COPIED OUT. The word "also" implies that a previous collection was known to the compiler of the present book—probably the one which we have in Pr 10-22:16, of which nine proverbs are inserted here. But there was still a large number of proverbial sayings attributed to Solomon, and preserved partly by oral tradition and partly in writing, which it was advisable to colle

THESE [ARE] ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON,.... These that follow to the end of the book, as well as those which go before. Here begins a "third", some say a "fourth" part of this book. The Targum and Syriac version read, "these are also the deep proverbs of Solomon;'' and the Arabic version adds, "the exposition of which is difficult;'' WHICH THE MEN HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH COPIED OUT; out of the writings of Solomon; out of his three thousand proverbs, it, nay be; or out of the public records, which contained an account of his words and deeds. Who these men were is not certain; perhaps his ministers of state, Eliakim, Sheban, and Joah; or the prophets of his time, Isaiah, Micah, and Hosea: the Targum and Syriac version call them his "friends". Whoever they were, no doubt they were employed by Hezekiah; and which is recorded to his honour, that he was so careful to preserve such useful...

IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title is interesting as affording a proof that a revival of literary activity accompanied the revival of religion and of national prosperity which marked the reign of Hezekiah. The men of Hezekiah were doubtless a body of scribes engaged under the direction of the king in literary labors.” Very fittingly the opening verses of this collected portion of proverbs relate to the king. While it is the glory of God to conceal a thing, the glory of kings is to search out a matter. God has many things concealed as to Himself, the great universe, creation and His ways in providence; but kings should inquire diligently into the matters brought before them and search them out in their administration of justi...

FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 25:2 B. A series of three quatrains relating to kings. Proverbs 25:4 b. Very obscure. Refining silver does not produce a vessel, and the parallelism with Proverbs 25:5 b is unsatisfactory. LXX it will be wholly purified probably represents the original text. Proverbs 25:6 f. _cf._ Luke 14:8....

OF SOLOMON. by Solomon, as author: i.e. written by him. Characterizing this section of the book. THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH. Evidently. special guild of scribes employed in the work of editing and putting together the O.T. books. At the end of each book are three Majuscular letters, _Cheth_ (= H), _Zayin_ (_. Z)_, and _Koph_ (= K), which are the initials of Hezekiah, and his sign-manual, confirming the work done. This _tri-grammaton_ is found in all MSS. and printed editions up to the end of. Kings. After the death of Hezekiah it obtains varied forms and additions; subsequent writers and editors having lost the origin and meaning of these three letters, and taken it as. word which means "Be strong", put there for their encouragement. See App-67....

V. Fourth Collection of Proverbs. Chaps. 25 29 1. The Title. See Introd., ch. iii. p. 24. This Title is interesting as affording a proof that a revival of literary activity accompanied the revival of religion and of national prosperity which marked the reign of Hezekiah. Hezekiah himself was a poet of no mean order (Isaiah 38:9 ff.); and "the men of Hezekiah" were doubtless a body of scribes engaged under the direction of the king in literary labours. But beside this, this brief title is one of those "fragments of history," which, as Professor Sayce has shown, "have been illuminated by the progress of oriental research," and "the importance and true significance of which can now be realised for the first time." This Title points, he thinks, to the existence of a royal library in Jerusalem, into which these proverbs, never before edited, were now gathered and "copied out," and simil

THESE ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON— To what has been said in the introduction to this book, may be added with great profit to the reader, Bishop Lowth's 24th Prelection. By _the men of Hezekiah,_ most probably are meant Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah, (See 2 Kings 18:26.) who _copied out_ or selected these proverbs....