Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 4:33

33 And he spake of trees , from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

i. e. Of all Plants, of their nature and qualities: all which Discourses are lost, without any impeachment of the perfection of the Holy Scriptures; which were not Inspired and Written to teach men Philosophy or Physick, but onely to make men Wise to Salvation. See Ioh. 20. 31. 2 Tim. 3. 16, 17.

i. e. From the greatest to the least.