Proverbs 25:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS Chapter s 25 Observations about kings, Proverbs 25:1-7. A caution against contentions, Proverbs 25:8; against revealing of secrets, Proverbs 25:9. The reason of this caution, Proverbs 25:10; with divers other rules, Proverbs 25:11-28. These, which are contained in this and the following Chapter s. The men of Hezekiah; certain persons appointed by Hezekiah for that work, whether prophets, as Isaiah, Hosea, or Micah, who lived in his days, or some others, it is neither evident nor material. Most of them are political precepts, and such as in a special manner concerned Hezekiah and other princes to know, for the conduct of their house and kingdom. Copied out; either out of other books or writings of Solomon, concerning natural or civil things, of which we read 1 Kings 4:32; or out of the historical records which were then extant concerning Solomon's speeches and actions in the history of the kings of Judah, which is oft mentioned in Holy Scripture.