1 Kings 11:42

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Kgs 2:11 : 11 David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Chr 9:30-31
    2 verses
    93%

    30 Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

    31 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11 David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    12 And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.

  • 1 Kgs 11:43
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    43 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 11:40-41
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    78%

    40 And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

    41 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  • 1 Chr 29:25-28
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    78%

    25 And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

    26 Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

    27 For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    28 And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    76%

    1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:4-5
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    76%

    4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

    5 Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    73%

    13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 4:21
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    21 And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
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    1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
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    10 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
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    1 Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
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    23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

  • 2 Kgs 14:23
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    23 In the fifteenth year of the rule of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, ruling for forty-one years.

  • 1 Chr 29:30
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    30 Together with all his rule and his power, and the events which took place in his time, in Israel and in all the kingdoms of other lands.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
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    1 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
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    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
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    17 So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 30:26
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    26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:20
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    20 And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:65
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    65 So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.

  • Exod 12:40
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    40 Now the children of Israel had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
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    26 And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 2 Chr 9:22
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    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 2 Sam 2:10-11
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    10 (Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was ruler for two years.) But Judah was on the side of David.

    11 And the time when David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah was seven years and six months.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    68%

    2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 1 Chr 3:4
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    4 He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

  • 2 Kgs 10:36
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    36 And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

  • 2 Chr 36:11
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    11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.

  • 1 Sam 13:1
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  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:4
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    4 For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

  • 2 Chr 9:26
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    26 And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 34:1
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    1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
    67%

    1 Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,

  • Eccl 1:12
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    12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13 Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • Acts 13:21
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    21 Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23
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    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1
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    1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.