2 Chronicles 9:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

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

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  • 1 Kgs 11:40-43
    4 verses
    93%

    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?

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

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:31
    81%

    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
    80%

    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 Chr 29:23-28
    6 verses
    79%

    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.

    24 And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.

    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
    79%

    1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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
    75%

    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
    74%

    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
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 29:30
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    73%

    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,

  • 2 Chr 9:26
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    73%

    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:29
    72%

    29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not recorded in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer about Jeroboam, the son of Nebat?

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 2 Chr 30:26
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
    70%

    1 Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

  • 1 Chr 3:4
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    70%

    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

  • 2 Chr 1:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

    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.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    70%

    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 10:23
    70%

    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
    69%

    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:65
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 14:23
    69%

    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 Kgs 14:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

    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 9:1
    69%

    1 Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 2 Chr 34:1
    69%

    1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
    69%

    9 May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    68%

    35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
    68%

    26 And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • Eccl 1:12
    68%

    12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    68%

    14 And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    68%

    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 15:9
    68%

    9 In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.