1 Kings 11:42
“And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.”
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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Josephus gave Solomon a reign of 80 years, either because he wished to increase the glory of his country’s greatest…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Solomon reigned - forty years - Josephus says fourscore years, which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 11:41-43
We have here the conclusion of Solomon's story, and in it, 1. Reference is had to another history then extant, but (not…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
forty years The same length of reign as that of Saul and David. If Solomon's accession were 1015 b.c., his death took…