Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

I hope you’re all doing well today. Welcome to another episode of NachDaily, with Mishlei Perek 25. The perek opens with the words “Gam eileh Mishlei Shlomo asher heitiku anshei Chizkiah, melech Yehudah - These, too, are Shlomo’s proverbs, which were copied down by the men of King Chizkiah of Yehudah.” The Meforshim differ about the history behind this. We know from the end of the last perek that Mishlei contains words of wisdom from people other than Shlomo. The Gr’a notes that this verse actually ends the wisdom of others and we return to the words of Shlomo. The Ibn Ezra notes the opposite…this verse actually ends the words of Shlomo and adds the wisdom of Shevna, who was Shlomo’s personal scribe. The Metsudos explains that these words were actually taught by Shlomo but written down by Chizkiah when he became king. It makes sense, adds the Meiri, that Chizkiah inserted these wise words because there were tremendous enlightenment and Torah learning during his reign. In a similar vein, the Ramad Walli