Bible Strands
1 Kings 11:42
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The biblical narrator concludes the account of Solomon’s rule, placed between a citation of a lost source book and the immediate report of his death and dynastic succession.
The words — מָלַ֨ךְ (ma.Lakh) = he reigned and כָּל־ (kol-) = all define the monarch’s action and the geographic scope of his authority.
The thread — This exact duration mirrors the reign length recorded for David in 1 Kings 2:11, creating a deliberate chronological bookend for the united monarchy.
Why it lands — It fixes the reign as a closed historical unit before the narrative pivots to succession, demanding the reader register the end of an era without theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 2:11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.