1 Kings 11:42

42 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

1 Kings 11:42 in Other Translations

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

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

42 Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

42 Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

42 The length of Solomon's reign in Jerusalem over all Israel totaled 40 years.

1 Kings 11:42 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:42

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all
Israel, was forty years.
] The same says Eupolemus ^F26, 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 ( 1 Kings 14:21 ) . Josephus ^F1, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34.
F1 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 7. sect. 8.

1 Kings 11:42 In-Context

40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.

41 As for the other events of Solomon’s reign—all he did and the wisdom he displayed—are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon?

42 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

43 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.