1 Kings 11 · Verse 42

1 Kings 11:42

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

1 Kings 11:42, King James Version

1 Kings 11:42 in other translations

BSB	Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
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.
YLT	And the days that Solomon hath reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel are forty years,
DARBY	And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
BBE	And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
Webster	And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

What does 1 Kings 11:42 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 42 Solomon reigned - forty years - Josephus says fourscore years, which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have been eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and that he died A.M. 3029, aged fifty-eight years; and, when we consider the excess in which he lived, and the criminal passions which he must have indulged among his thousand wives, and their idolatrous and impure worship, this life was as long as could be reasonably expected.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 11:41-43

Solomon's reign was as long as his father's, but his life was not so. Sin shortened his days. If the world, with all its advantages, could satisfy the soul, and afford real joy, Solomon would have found it so. But he was disappointed in all, and to warn us, has left this record of all earthly enjoyments, "Vanity and vexation of spirit." The New Testament declares that one greater than Solomon is come to reign over…

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1 Kings 11:42 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַיָּמִ֗יםve.hai.ya.Mimand the daysH3117

אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834

מָלַ֨ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427

שְׁלֹמֹ֤הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010

בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙vi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

עַל\־'al-overH5921

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

אַרְבָּעִ֖ים'ar.ba.'Im[were] fortyH705

שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 11:42

1 Kings 2:11
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

time. Heb. days. forty years.Josephus says fourscore years; which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have been 18 years old when he came to the throne, and 58 when he died.
2:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

1 Kings 11:41
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?
1 Kings 11:42
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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1 Kings 11:42 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y los días que Salomón reinó en Jerusalem sobre todo Israel, fueron cuarenta años.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et les jours que Salomon régna à Jérusalem sur tout Israël furent 40 ans.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die Tage, die Salomo zu Jerusalem über ganz Israel regierte, waren vierzig Jahre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dies autem quos regnavit Salomon in Jerusalem super omnem Israël, quadraginta anni sunt.