1 Kings 11:42

42 He was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty 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 And so Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he escaped to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon's death.

41 Everything else that Solomon did, his career, and his wisdom, are all recorded in [The History of Solomon.]

42 He was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

43 He died and was buried in David's City, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.