1 The words of king Lemuela,
the prophecy that his amother taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3 Give not thy strength unto awomen, nor thy
ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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1a king Lemuel The Bible says nothing of him but
Jewish tradition suggests that Lemuel was a 'poetic' name for Solomon meaning 'for God' or man
'dedicated to God'. As to the prophecy that his mother taught him, one might guess that it had
something to do with him being or becoming King of Israel. Solomon was the second son of
Bathsheba by King David, as the first son died an infant. The Book of Mormon figure named Lemuel
was also a second som of Lehi and his wife.
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1a
TG
Marriage, Motherhood
3a
TG
Woman
King Lemuel
The warning that the king's mother gave her son, "Give not they strength unto Women." If this
was Bathsheba unto Solomon, it indeed became prophetic. For all the proverbs of Solomon which
estold the dangers of 'strange women' and the virtues of women of chastity, Solomon failed both
in keeping guard against his mother's warning and his own direction and advice when in his older
age he did turn after stange women and allowed their gods into Israel.
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