1 Kings 11:42

Now, the days which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all Israel, were forty years.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Now, the rest of the story of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are, they, not written in the book of the records of Solomon?

43So then Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father,—and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:42-43

The Death of Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. We have here the conclusion of Solomon's story, and in it, 1. Reference is had to another history then extant, but (not being divinely… Read the whole commentary →

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