1 Kings 11:42

42 dies autem quos regnavit Salomon in Hierusalem super omnem Israhel quadraginta anni sunt

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 voluit ergo Salomon interficere Hieroboam qui surrexit et aufugit in Aegyptum ad Susac regem Aegypti et fuit in Aegypto usque ad mortem Salomonis

41 reliquum autem verborum Salomonis et omnia quae fecit et sapientia eius ecce universa scripta sunt in libro verborum Salomonis

42 dies autem quos regnavit Salomon in Hierusalem super omnem Israhel quadraginta anni sunt

43 dormivitque Salomon cum patribus suis et sepultus est in civitate David patris sui regnavitque Roboam filius eius pro eo