King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 9:30 Mean?
“And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.”
Context
28
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? book: Heb. words
30
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(30) **And Solomon reigned.**—So 1Kings 11:42, “And the days that Solomon reigned,” etc., as here.
**Over all Israel**—i.e., the undivided nation.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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