1 Reyes 4:32

32 Compuso unos tres mil proverbios y escribió mil cinco canciones.

1 Reyes 4:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:32

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 ) .

1 Reyes 4:32 In-Context

30 De hecho, su sabiduría superaba la de todos los sabios del Oriente y la de los sabios de Egipto.

31 Era más sabio que cualquier otro, entre ellos Etán, el ezraíta, y los hijos de Mahol: Hemán, Calcol y Darda. Su fama se extendía por todas las naciones vecinas.

32 Compuso unos tres mil proverbios y escribió mil cinco canciones.

33 Podía hablar con autoridad acerca de todo tipo de plantas, desde el gran cedro del Líbano hasta el diminuto hisopo que crece en las grietas de las paredes. También era versado en materia de animales, aves, reptiles y peces.

34 Y los reyes de todas las naciones enviaban a sus embajadores a escuchar la sabiduría de Salomón.