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Literal Standard Version

2 Chronicles 9:30

And Solomon reigns in Jerusalem over all Israel [for] forty years,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sabeans;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Forty, the Number;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Yisra'el forty years.
King James Version
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
English Standard Version
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
New Century Version
Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
New English Translation
Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.
Amplified Bible
Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
World English Bible
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel fourtie yeeres.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Contemporary English Version
After Solomon had ruled forty years from Jerusalem,
Complete Jewish Bible
Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Isra'el for forty years.
Darby Translation
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for 40 years.
George Lamsa Translation
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem forty years over all Israel.
Good News Translation
Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
Lexham English Bible
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Literal Translation
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomo reigned at Ierusale ouer all Israel fortie yeares.
American Standard Version
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Bible in Basic English
Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon raigned in Hierusalem vpon all Israel fouretie yeres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
King James Version (1611)
And Solomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel, fourtie yeeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon reigned over all Israel forty years.
English Revised Version
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Salomon regnede in Jerusalem on al Israel fourti yeer,
Update Bible Version
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
New King James Version
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
New Living Translation
Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
New Life Bible
Solomon ruled forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.
New Revised Standard
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, forty years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Revised Standard Version
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

Contextual Overview

13And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14apart from [what] the tourists and the merchants are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon. 15And King Solomon makes two hundred bucklers of alloyed gold—he causes six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold to go up on the one buckler; 16and three hundred shields of alloyed gold—he causes three hundred [shekels] of gold to go up on the one shield, and the king puts them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 17And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with pure gold; 18and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, [and] they are fastened to the throne; and [places for] hands [are] on this [side] and on that [side] on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, 19and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side] and on that [side]: it has not been made so for any kingdom. 20And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold—silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything; 21for ships of the king are going to Tarshish with servants of Huram: once in three years the ships of Tarshish come carrying gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks [[or monkeys]]. 22And King Solomon becomes greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Solomon: 1 Kings 11:42, 1 Kings 11:43

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:1 - over all Israel Ecclesiastes 1:1 - king

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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