Easton's Bible Dictionary Dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Proverbs 31:1-9). Nothing is certainly known concerning him. The rabbis identified him with Solomon. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LEMUEL lem'-u-el (lemu'el, or lemo'-el): A king whose words, an "oracle (taught him by his mother)," are given in Proverbs 31:1-9; and possibly the succeeding acrostic poem (31:10-31) is from the same source. Instead of translating the word after this name as "oracle" some propose to leave it as a proper name, translating "king of Massa," and referring for his kingdom to Massa (Genesis 25:14), one of the sons of Ishmael, supposedly head of a tribe or sheikh of a country. It is to be noted, however, that the words of Agur in the previous chapter are similarly called massa', "oracle" with not so clear a reason for referring it to a country. See for a suggested reason for retaining the meaning "oracle" in both places, PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF, II, 6. John Franklin Genung

Multi-Version Concordance Lemuel (3 Occurrences) Proverbs 31:1 The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Proverbs 31:2 What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths? (BBE) Proverbs 31:4 It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say,'Where is strong drink?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)