Lemuel
[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to
drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:...
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The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught
him....
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Lemuel (Hebrew:לְמוּאֵל) is the name of a Biblical king mentioned
in Proverbs 31:1 and 4, but otherwise unknown.[1]
The opening verse reads: "The words of king Lemuel. The vision
wherewith his mother instructed him." The name occurs again in
verse 4: "Give not to kings, O Lemuel, give not wine to kings
..." The discourse, which is an exhortatio...
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lem'-u-el (lemu'el, or lemo'-el): A king whose words, an
"oracle (taught him by his mother)," are given in Prov 31:1-9;
and possibly the succeeding acrostic poem (31:10-31) is from
the same source. Instead of translating the word after this
name as "oracle" some propose to leave it as a proper name,
translating "king of Massa," and referring f...
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-(A king)
-Probably refers to Solomon
Pr 31:1,4...
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(dedicated to God), the name of an unknown king to whom his
mother addressed the prudential maxims contained in Pr 31:1-9
The rabbinical commentators identified Lemuel with Solomon.
Others regard him as king or chief of an Arab tribe dwelling
on the borders of Israel, and elder brother of Agur, whose
name stands at the head of Pr 30:1...
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dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Prov.
31:1-9). Nothing is certainly known concerning him.
The rabbis
identified him with Solomon....
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"devoted to God", or "created by God" (the long form of Loci,
Numbers 3:24). Instead of "Lemuel .... the prophecy," some
less probably translated "Lemuel, king of Massa" (Proverbs
31:1-9). An ideal model king. Not, as Hitzig guessed, elder
brother to Agur, king of an Arab tribe in Massa, on the
borders of Israel, and both sprung from the Simeo...
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