A Mysterious King Ends It

It is said that all good things must come to an end. I do hope that my readers would say that my long series of articles examining and expounding on the book of Proverbs has been good. I am sure some folks are ready for something different. I doubt that I will ever tackle such a lengthy series again. I trust that you have learned some things and been challenged along the way as I have.

In some ways, the final chapter is a bit unusual. For one thing, it is attributed a king named Lemuel. The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him (31:1). Lemuel, of course, was a well-known r...