Solomon
King of Israel · 1015–975 BC
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His Reign
- Reigned
- forty years 1 Kings 11:42
- His Mother
- Bathsheba 1 Kings 1:11
- Before Him
- David
In the Sight of the LORD
“Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD” 1 Kings 11:6
Ussher’s Years
- Reigned 1015–975 BC
- “he presently caused his son Solomon to be apointed King by Zadock the Priest”
Ussher counts his forty years from when David made him king, half a year before David died (1 Kings 1:39; 2:10).
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.