Lamuel
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Lamuel is the name of a Biblical king.
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He is mentioned in Proverbs, xxxi, 1 and 4, but otherwise unknown. In the opening verse we read: "The words of king Lemuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him." The name occurs again in verse 4: "Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings ..." The discourse, which is an exhortation to chastity and temperance, is supposed to end with verse 9.
Some modern scholars (see Revised Version, Prov., xxxi 1, margin) render the first passage thus: "The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him." Massa is mentioned in Genesis, xxv, 14 (cf. 1 Chronicles 1:30), among the sons of Ismael, and his kingdom is consequently supposed to have been in Arabia.
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In etymological form the name Lemuel is kindred with Jamuel (Genesis 46:10) and Namuel (1 Chronicles 4:24).
In signification it is cognate with Lael (Numbers 3:24) meaning (a man consecrated) "to God".
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- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. [1]
