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The Death of Solomon

1 Kings 11:42

In 11 translations

BSB
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
KJV
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.time: Heb. days
WEB
The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
ASV
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
LSV
And the days that Solomon has reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [are] forty years,
YLT
And the days that Solomon hath reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [are] forty years,
DBY
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
DRC
And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, were forty years.
GNV
The time that Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel, was fourtie yeere.
JPS
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
LXXE2:46
And he reigned over all the kings from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt: And the days during which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ מָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בִירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃
LXX-Br2:46
καὶ ἦν ἄρχων ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἕως γῆς ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἕως ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου· Καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι ἃς ἐβασίλευε Σαλωμὼν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη.

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👤 Solomon📍 Jerusalem◆ Reign of Solomon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 2:11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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  • 11:42 in most Bibles

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