John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 11:42

"And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years." — 1 Kings 11:42 (ASV)

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all
Israel, was forty years .
The same says Eupolemus ^F26 , an Heathen writer, who makes him to live but fifty two years; which is the common tradition of the Jews, who suppose he was but twelve years of age when he began to reign; which is to be confuted from the age of his son Rehoboam, see (1 Kings 14:21) . Josephus ^F1 , on the other hand, makes him to live to too great an age, who says that he reigned eighty years, and lived to ninety four.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34.
• F1: Antiqu. l. 8. c. 7. sect. 8.