Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death
2 Chronicles 9:29-31
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2 C.9.29 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 11:41 (verbal): Closely parallels the closing formula about ‘the rest of the acts of Solomon’ being written elsewhere; Kings uses a generic ‘book of the acts of Solomon,’ while Chronicles names specific prophetic sources.
- 1 Chronicles 29:29 (structural): Same literary pattern attributing a king’s deeds to separate prophetic or seer books (Nathan and Gad for David); Chronicles 9:29 echoes this archival formula for Solomon.
- 1 Kings 11:29–39 (allusion): Contains the narrative of Ahijah the Shilonite’s prophecy to Jeroboam; directly relates to the ‘prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite’ cited in 2 Chr 9:29.
- 1 Kings 14:19 (thematic): Uses a parallel closing remark about the king’s deeds being recorded in other annals (‘the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel’); thematically similar concern with external sources documenting royal acts (here applied to Jeroboam).
Alternative generated candidates
- As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last—are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
- And the rest of the words of Solomon, the earlier and the later—are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
2 C.9.30 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 11:42 (verbal): Near-identical formula: 'The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years' — direct parallel/summary in the Deuteronomistic history.
- 1 Chronicles 29:26 (verbal): Chronicles' own summary statement: repeats that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years (immediately before his death and burial).
- 2 Samuel 5:4-5 (thematic): David’s forty-year reign (7 years in Hebron, 33 in Jerusalem) provides a dynastic pattern and context for Solomon’s forty-year reign.
- 1 Kings 4:21 (thematic): Describes the extent of Solomon’s rule ('over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines'), thematically linked to the statement that he reigned 'over all Israel.'
Alternative generated candidates
- And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
- Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 C.9.31 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 11:41-43 (verbal): Direct parallel in Kings: repeats the summary formula about the acts of Solomon, his death (‘slept with his fathers’), burial in the city of David, and succession by Rehoboam.
- 1 Kings 2:10 (verbal): Uses the same funerary formula ‘slept with his fathers’ and ‘buried in the city of David’ (here of David), showing a conventional royal death/burial wording echoed in 2 Chronicles 9:31.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28 (structural): Chronicles’ parallel structure for royal transition: one king’s death followed by statement that his son reigned in his stead—parallels the formulaic closing of a reign found in 2 Chronicles 9:31.
- 2 Chronicles 9:30 (structural): Immediate literary context in Chronicles: the preceding verse records Solomon’s forty-year reign in Jerusalem, and 9:31 functions as the conventional closing note of his reign and the transfer of kingship to Rehoboam.
Alternative generated candidates
- And Solomon slept with his fathers; they buried him in the city of David his father, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- Then Solomon slept with his fathers; they buried him in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
Now the rest of the words of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat? And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.