2 Chronicles 9:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֧ה בִֽירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyimlōk šəlōmōh in-yərûšālaim over-all-yiśrāʾēl ʾarbāʿîm šānāh

Grammar Details

*wayyimlōk*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he reigned
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
*bî*: preposition - in
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun, feminine singular - Jerusalem
*ʿal*: preposition - over
*kol*: construct state, masculine singular - all of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
*ʾarbāʿîm*: cardinal number, masculine plural - forty
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year

Word Meanings

*wayyimlōk*: and he reigned/ruled/was king
*ʿal*: over/upon/against
*kol*: all/entire/whole
*šānāh*: year/period

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 11:42-43 : 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 11:40-43
4 verses
93%
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?
42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 9:31
81%
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
80%
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 Chr 29:23-28
6 verses
79%
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
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
79%
1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Sam 5:4-5
2 verses
77%
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
75%
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
74%
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
74%
1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Chr 29:30
74%
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.
1 Kgs 9:10
73%
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
2 Chr 9:26
73%
26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
1 Kgs 1:46
73%
46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
2 Chr 9:29
72%
29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
2 Chr 9:22-23
2 verses
72%
22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
2 Chr 30:26
71%
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.
2 Chr 11:17
70%
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.
1 Kgs 7:1
70%
1And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Chr 3:4
70%
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;
1 Kgs 2:45
70%
45But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.
2 Chr 1:1-2
2 verses
70%
1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
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].
2 Chr 8:1
70%
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 10:23
70%
23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
2 Chr 1:8
69%
8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
1 Kgs 5:13
69%
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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.
2 Kgs 14:23
69%
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 Kgs 14:19-20
2 verses
69%
19And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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 9:1
69%
1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
2 Chr 34:1
69%
1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 10:9
69%
9Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.
1 Kgs 1:35
68%
35Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
1 Kgs 4:26
68%
26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Eccl 1:12
68%
12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 3:14
68%
14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
1 Kgs 10:4
68%
4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 15:9
68%
9And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.