Proverbs 31:1 (BSB)

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

From Proverbs 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 31:1

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 31:1-9: Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (Sa2 12:25), Jedediah - beloved of the Lord.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 31:1: The words of King Lemuel,.... Not what were spoken by him, but what were spoken to him; or declaring what his mother said, as what follows shows; of this king we have no account elsewhere under this name. Grotius thinks that King Hezekiah, whose mother Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah, whom he supposes to be a wise man, from whom she had learned much, instructed...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 31:1: The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. (a) That is, of Solomon who was called Lemuel, that is, of God, because God had ordained him to be king over Israel. (b) The doctrine which his mother Bathsheba taught him.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 31:1: Pro 31:1 Superscription: 1 Words of Lemuel the king, The utterance wherewith his mother warned him. Such would be the superscription if the interpunction of the text as it lies before us were correct. But it is not possibly right. For, notwithstanding the assurance of Ewald, §277b, למואל מלך, nevertheless, as it would be here used, remains an impossibility. Certainly under circumstances an indeterminate apposition can follow a proper name.