1 Kings 11:42 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 11:42

Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

BSB

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ASV

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

KJV

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all Israel, was forty years. The same says Eupolemus (z), an Heathen writer, who makes him to live but fifty two years; which is the common tradition of the Jews, who suppose he was but twelve years of age when he began to reign; which is to be confuted from the age of his son Rehoboam, see 1Ki 14:21. Josephus (a), on the other hand, makes him to live to too great an age, who says that he reigned eighty years, and lived to ninety four. (z) Apud Euseb. Praepar.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Shall Solomon fall, that was the beauty of Israel, and so great a blessing of his generation? Yes, it is too true, and the scripture is faithful in relating it, and repeating it, and referring to it long after, Neh. xiii. There was no king like Solomon who was beloved of his God, yet even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Solomon reigned - forty years - Josephus says fourscore years, which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have been eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and that he died A.M. 3029, aged fifty-eight years; and, when we consider the excess in which he lived, and the criminal passions which he must have indulged among his thousand wives, and their idolatrous and impure worship, this life was as long as could be reasonably expected.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַיָּמִ֗ים	ve.hai.ya.Mim	and the days	H3117 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מָלַ֨ךְ	ma.Lakh	he reigned	H4427 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	vi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אַרְבָּעִ֖ים	'ar.ba.'Im	[were] forty	H705 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

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1 Kings 2:11
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:4–5
  David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
- 1 Chronicles 29:26–27
  David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings