...Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about. And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out...

...confirmation of this opinion, an appeal is made to 1 Kings, iv, 32, 33, where it is said of Solomon, " That he spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall...

...Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Neb.-it?' 2 Chron. ix. 29. Solomon 'spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five,' most of which are not extant now. Even by counting the subdivisions in the Solomonic writings now extant,...

...or of a single historical record ? We find in the fourth chapter, thirty-first verse of first Kings that Solomon " spake three thousand proverbs ; and his songs were a thousand and_/fre." And even if we admit that the book of Proverbs, of which Solomon is the reputed author,...

...he had artificial attractions around him, so there came of all people to hear his wisdom : " For he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out...

...taste ; who had drank the sweet cup of literature, and felt the inspiring glow of genius ; he, who " spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five," had materials to estimate the pleasures of imagination, the treasures of the region of thought. And,...

...and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about. 32 And he the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of t 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth...

...is quoted — witty inventions. For this kind of knowledge Solomon was greatly celebrated, for ' he spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.' The Queen of the South came irom the uttermost parts of the earth, to hear this wisdom of Solomon,...

...or inscribed such incomparable maxims of moral prudence ? " He," continues the inspired historian, " spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springelh...

...Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about. And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out...