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A. The Wisdom of Agur ch. 30 >
1. The introduction of Agur 30:1
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Scripture does not refer to either Agur or his father (or ancestor) Jakeh elsewhere. At least one writer felt he may have been a contemporary of Solomon.199An "oracle"is a weighty message from God (cf. Zech. 9:1), or the Hebrew word, massa, may refer to a place.200Ithiel and Ucal (the only university mentioned in Scripture) may have been Agur's sons.
