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BrLXXΚαὶ αἱ ἡμέραι ἃς ἐβασίλευε Σαλωμὼν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη. (Kai hai haʸmerai has ebasileue Salōmōn en Hierousalaʸm epi panta Israaʸl tessarakonta etaʸ. )
BrTrAnd the days during which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.
ULTAnd the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were 40 years.
USTHe was king in Jerusalem and ruled over all of Israel for forty years.
BSBThus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [was] forty years.
JPSAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
ASVAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
DRAAnd the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, were forty years.
YLTAnd the days that Solomon hath reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [are] forty years,
DrbyAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
RVAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. (And the time that Solomon reigned in Yerusalem over all Israel was forty years. )
SLTAnd the days which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.
WbstrAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
KJB-1769And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.[fn] (And the time that Solomon reigned in Yerusalem over all Israel was forty years. )
GnvaThe time that Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel, was fourtie yeere. (The time that Salomon reigned in Yerusalem over all Israel, was forty year. )
ClVgDies autem quos regnavit Salomon in Jerusalem super omnem Israël, quadraginta anni sunt.[fn] (The_day however which reigned Salomon in/into/on Yerusalem over all Israel, forty of_the_year are. )
11.42Dies autem. Josephus dixit regnasse octoginta annis, et vixisse nonaginta quatuor. Sed divina Scriptura eos tantum annos exprimit quibus regnavit antequam prævaricaretur.
11.42The_day however. Yosephus he_said kingdomssse eighty of_the_years, and vixisse ninety four. But divinaScriptura them only years exprimit to_whom reigned before beforevaricaretur.
11:41-43 The brief closing summary of Solomon’s reign and death is similar to that of his father David (2:10-12). These summaries provide a typical formula for the accounts of succeeding kings. • The Book of the Acts of Solomon was likely kept in a prophetic center or in palace and Temple archives. It served as a source of information for the author of Kings but is now lost (cp. 14:19, 29). • Solomon reigned from 971 to 931 BC.
Solomon ruled over a powerful kingdom that brought him great wealth, but he allowed his many wives to lead his heart astray to worship the gods of other nations. Many of these wives were likely given to him by foreign rulers to seal political alliances (e.g., 1 Kings 3:1). Because of Solomon’s unfaithfulness to the God of Israel, the Lord declared that he would tear away much of the kingdom from Solomon and give it to one of his servants. The Bible then recounts the origins of a few adversaries of Solomon who must have caused trouble during his reign. It was actually events during David’s reign that precipitated the rise of two of these adversaries, though apparently it wasn’t until Solomon’s reign that these men became significant agents of opposition. The first adversary mentioned is Hadad the Edomite, who belonged to the royal court of Edom. Sometime during the time when David was in Edom (see 2 Samuel 8:13-14) his commander Joab tried to kill every male in Edom, but Hadad fled with some of his father’s servants. Apparently he fled first to Midian (see 1 Kings 11:18) and then made his way to Paran, where others joined him, and then they crossed the wilderness to Egypt. There Hadad was very favorably received by Pharaoh and given land, food, and even a wife from Pharaoh’s royal household. After David died, Hadad chose to return to Edom. The second adversary mentioned is Rezon, who had fled from King Hadadezer of Zobah and became the leader of a gang of rebels. After David defeated Hadadezer (2 Samuel 8-10; 1 Chronicles 18-19), Rezon and his men fled to Damascus, where they made him king over Aram. He continued to cause trouble for Solomon throughout his reign. The last adversary mentioned is Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s own officials, who had been put in charge of rebuilding a portion of Jerusalem. One day as Jeroboam was leaving the city, a prophet named Ahijah met him and told him that the Lord was going to tear away ten of the tribes of Israel and give them to him. Solomon must have heard about Ahijah’s prophecy, because he tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to King Shishak of Egypt. Later Jeroboam would return to Israel, and the ten northern tribes appointed him king after rejecting the rule of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon (1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10).
