1 Reyes 4:32

32 Compuso tres mil proverbios y 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 Sobrepasó en sabiduría a todos los sabios del Oriente y de Egipto.

31 En efecto, fue más sabio que nadie: más que Etán el ezraíta, y más que Hemán, Calcol y Dardá, los hijos de Majol. Por eso la fama de Salomón se difundió por todas las naciones vecinas.

32 Compuso tres mil proverbios y mil cinco canciones.

33 Disertó acerca de las plantas, desde el cedro del Líbano hasta el hisopo que crece en los muros. También enseñó acerca de las bestias y las aves, los reptiles y los peces.

34 Los reyes de todas las naciones del mundo que se enteraron de la sabiduría de Salomón enviaron a sus representantes para que lo escucharan.