Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
- BSB Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
- NKJV Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
- NASB Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
- NLT Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. It records the length of his unified reign.
Overview
A full forty-year reign, like David's, frames Solomon's rule as a complete and significant era. The note of reigning over 'all Israel' is poignant given the division about to come. It closes the golden age of the undivided monarchy.
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- 1 Kgs 11:42–43The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
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