Proverbs 25:1

“These [are] are also proverbs of Solomon, etc.] These that follow to the end of the book, as well as those which go before. Here begins a “third”, some say a “fourth” part of this book. The Targum and Syriac version read, “these are also the deep proverbs of Solomon;” and the Arabic version adds, “the exposition of which is difficult;” which the men Hezekiah king of Judah copied out; out of the writings of Solomon; out of his three thousand proverbs, it, nay be; or out of the public records, which contained an account of his words and deeds. Who these men were is not certain; perhaps his ministers of state, Eliakim, Sheban, and Joah; or the prophets of his time, Isaiah, Micah, and Hosea: the…”

“(Pro. 25:1-28) The character of these proverbs sustains the title (see Introduction). also--refers to the former part of the book. copied out--literally, "transferred," that is, from some other book to this; not given from memory.”

“A new section. Copied out - In the sense of a transfer from oral tradition to writing. return to 'Top of Page'”

“These - Which are contained in this and the following chapters. The men - Certain persons appointed by Hezekiah for that work. Many of them are political precepts, and such as in a special manner concerned Hezekiah, and other princes, for the conduct of their house and kingdom. Copied - Out of the historical records which were then extant. Proverbs 25:2”

“25:1–29:27 During the reign of King Hezekiah (728–686 BC), wise men (advisers) collected these proverbs of Solomon and added them to the collection.”

“proverbs: Pro 1:1, Pro 10:1; Kg1 4:32; Ecc 12:9 which: Isa 1:1, Isa 36:22, Isa 37:2; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1 Proverbs 25:2”

“1 These also are proverbs of Solomon, Which the men of Hezekiah the king of Judah have collected. Hezekiah, in his concern for the preservation of the national literature, is the Jewish Pisistratos, and the "men of Hezekiah" are like the collectors of the poems of Homer, who were employed by Pisistratos for that purpose. גּם־אלּה is the subject, and in Cod. 1294, and in the editions of Bomberg 1515, Hartmann 1595, Nissel, Jablonsky, Michaelis, has Dech. This title is like that of the second supplement, Pro 24:23. The form of the name חזקיּה, abbreviated from יחזקיּהוּ (חזקיּהוּ), is not favourable to the derivation of the title from the collectors themselves. The lxx translates: Αὗται αἱ…”