A closer look at Proverbs reveals that not all of Solomon’s three thousand proverbs are included, and that Solomon is not responsible for everything contained within these 31 chapters. Anonymous wise men are credited with 22:17 through 24:34, Agur wrote all or part of 30, and King Lemuel gave us 31:1–9 from the mouth of his mother. Nor was Solomon the person who compiled the book into its final form. According to 25:1, the book could not have been arranged until the time of Hezekiah (715–686 B.C.)