2 Chronicles 9 · Verse 30

2 Chronicles 9:30

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles 9:30, King James Version

2 Chronicles 9:30 in other translations

BSBSolomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
WEBSolomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
ASVAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
YLTAnd Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,
DARBYAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
BBESolomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.
WebsterAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

What does 2 Chronicles 9:30 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 9:13-31

The imports here mentioned, would show that prosperity drew the minds of Solomon and his subjects to the love of things curious and uncommon, though useless in themselves. True wisdom and happiness are always united together; but no such alliance exists between wealth and the enjoyment of the things of this life. Let us then acquaint ourselves with the Saviour, that we may find rest for our souls. Here is Solomon…

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2 Chronicles 9:30 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he reignedH4427
שְׁלֹמֹ֧הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛םvi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
עַל\־'al-overH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 9:30

  • 1 Kings 11:42-43

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

  • 2 Chronicles 9:29

    Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

  • 2 Chronicles 9:30

    And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:31

    And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 9:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y reinó Salomón en Jerusalem sobre todo Israel cuarenta años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Salomon régna à Jérusalem sur tout Israël 40 ans.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Salomo regierte zu Jerusalem vierzig Jahre über ganz Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Regnavit autem Salomon in Jerusalem super omnem Israël quadraginta annis.