forty years The same length of reign as that of Saul and David. If Solomon's accession were 1015 b.c., his death took place in 975 b. c. Josephus gives -eighty years" as the length of the reign. But this agrees with no other record, and must be regarded as a mistake. King Solomon was not more than 60 years old, if so much, when he died.

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