1 Kings 4:32
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Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.

he spake

Proverbs 1:1-33 To know wisdom, and instruction: . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:9 And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

songs

Songs 1:1 Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,

Context
Solomon's Wisdom
31And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda, the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about. 32Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.33And he treated about trees, from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.…
Cross References
1 Kings 4:33
And he treated about trees, from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

Proverbs 1:1
To know wisdom, and instruction:

Proverbs 10:1
Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 25:1
These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, king of Juda, copied out.

Ecclesiastes 12:9
And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

Songs 1:1
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,

Lexicon
Solomon composed
וַיְדַבֵּ֕ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

three
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

thousand
אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

proverbs,
מָשָׁ֑ל (mā·šāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

and his songs
שִׁיר֖וֹ (šî·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7892: A song, singing

numbered
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a thousand
וָאָֽלֶף׃ (wā·’ā·lep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

and five.
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (ḥă·miš·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five


Additional Translations
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

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

And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.

And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

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

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

He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.

And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one;
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