1 Kings 11:42

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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.

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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.
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1 Kgs 11:43
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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
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78%
40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41And 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
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78%
25And the LORD 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.
26Thus 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 honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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1So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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2 Chr 1:13
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13Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
1 Kgs 4:21
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21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Chr 23:1
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1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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1 Kgs 7:1
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1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Chr 29:23
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2 Kgs 14:23
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1 Chr 29:30
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2 Chr 8:1
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1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
1 Kgs 1:46
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46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
2 Chr 11:17
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2 Chr 30:26
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1 Kgs 8:65
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65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
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1 Kgs 6:1
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