1 Kings 4:32 - Printer Friendly

ESV: He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

NIV: He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

NASB: He also told three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.

CSB: Solomon spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.

NLT: He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.

KJV: And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

NKJV: He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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