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New Living Translation

2 Chronicles 9:30

Solomon ruled 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 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

13 Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold. 14 This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the provinces also brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds. 16 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. 17 Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne. 19 There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it! 20 All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day! 21 The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 22 So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth.

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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