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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 31:1

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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31:1-9 Lemuel, like Agur, might have been from Massa (see study note on 30:1). Lemuel’s mother’s teaching encourages him to control his lusts (particularly for women and alcohol) so that he might reign justly. • Apart from this passage, Lemuel is unknown.
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