1 Kings 11:42

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בִירוּשָׁלִַם עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה

Transliteration

And the yômîm which mālak Šəlōmōh in Yərûšālaim over-all-Yisrāʾēl forty šānâ

Grammar Details

*wə-ha-yāmîm*: conjunction + article + noun, masculine plural - and the days
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*mālak*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - reigned
*Šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*bi-Yərûšālaim*: preposition + proper noun - in Jerusalem
*ʿal*: preposition - over
*kol*: noun - all
*Yisrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾarbāʿîm*: cardinal number - forty
*šānâ*: noun, feminine singular - year

Word Meanings

*yômîm*: days/period/time
*mālak*: reign/rule/be king
*šānâ*: year/age

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 2:11 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 9:30-31
2 verses
93%
30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 2:11-12
2 verses
81%
11And 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.
12And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
1 Kgs 11:43
80%
43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 11:40-41
2 verses
78%
40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41Now 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 Chr 29:25-28
4 verses
78%
25And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
26Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 4:1
76%
1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Sam 5:4-5
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4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Chr 1:13
73%
13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
1 Kgs 4:21
73%
21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Chr 23:1
72%
1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Kgs 9:10
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10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
1 Kgs 7:1
70%
1And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Chr 29:23
70%
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
2 Kgs 14:23
70%
23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, [and reigned] forty and one years.
1 Chr 29:30
70%
30with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
2 Chr 8:1
69%
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
1 Kgs 1:46
69%
46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
2 Chr 11:17
69%
17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
2 Chr 30:26
69%
26So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 14:20
69%
20And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 8:65
69%
65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
Exod 12:40
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40Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
1 Kgs 4:26
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26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
2 Chr 9:22
69%
22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Sam 2:10-11
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69%
10Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Chr 1:2
68%
2And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
1 Chr 3:4
68%
4six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;
2 Kgs 10:36
68%
36And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
2 Chr 36:11
68%
11Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
1 Sam 13:1
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1Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
1 Kgs 2:45
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45But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.
1 Kgs 11:4
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4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
2 Chr 9:26
68%
26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
2 Chr 34:1
68%
1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 2:1
67%
1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Eccl 1:12
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12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 5:13
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13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kgs 10:4
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4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
Acts 13:21
67%
21And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
1 Kgs 10:23
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1 Kgs 6:1
67%
1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.