David didn’t want his words to fall upon deaf ears or a hard heart, so he addressed this first. Let your heart retain my words: Before David spoke to Solomon, he cultivated a receptive heart. It may be that they will ultimately reject its appeal, but the fact that they have received it will create for them a way of escape from evil through all life’s pilgrimage.” (Morgan)ī. “Those who receive from their parents direction in the fear of Jehovah, have that for which to be perpetually thankful. He taught me: “His fall was therefore the more blameworthy, because he had been so piously educated.” (Trapp)
“Though Abraham had other sons, only Isaac is called his yahid (Genesis 22:2, 12, 16) to emphasize the special status of Sarah’s offspring.” (Waltke) The only one in the sight of my mother: 1 Chronicles 3:5 indicates that Bathsheba had other sons through David, but Solomon was her special son, God’s chosen heir to the throne of Israel.
Even as a rebellious child could be disowned in Israel (Deuteronomy 21:18-21 and 32:19-20), an obedient son was regarded as true in every sense. When I was my father’s son: Waltke explains that the sense here is of a true son, true in a spiritual and moral sense. These teachings have stood the test of time.” (Garrett) “By recalling his own upbringing and citing his father, the teacher both identifies with the present struggles in his son’s life and reinforces the paternal dignity of his words. This would be a special remembrance of any son with any father, but all the more so when we consider that Solomon’s father was King David, the greatest of Israel’s earthly kings. When I was my father’s son: Solomon tenderly remembered the lessons his father taught him. Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,ĭo not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.Ī. (3-5) Guidance from previous generations: Get wisdom! Confident that he spoke good doctrine, he could exhort them, “ do not forsake my law.” 2. For I give you good doctrine: The father had confidence in his instruction, no doubt because it was based on Scriptural wisdom. Parents are often discouraged by a child’s resistance to their wisdom and instruction, but it still must be spoken, and with heartfelt appeals.Ĭ. Give attention to know understanding: This appeal, and the appeal to hear in the first line, means there may be hesitancy or resistance on the part of the children that must be overcome by the appeal. “So the home continues to be the prominent arena of learning as the parents in turn pass on the traditions (see Deuteronomy 6:6-9).” (Ross)ī. This is the instruction of a father for the benefit of the children.
Now the instruction is broadened to his children in general. Hear, my children: Previously in Proverbs, Solomon spoke as a father to his son, perhaps with the principal heir in mind. Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,Īnd give attention to know understanding Ī. (1-2) A plea to listen to a father’s wisdom.
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