how long was solomon king?
according to the book of kings solomon was "old" kings 11.4 and such is not said about his son who only lived 57 years.
since he became king "young" josephus book 8 at beginning of book 8 and specifically at age 14 this is a contradiction to call him old if he ruled even less then his son only 40 years in chapter 11.47 ?
clearly this book is not "truth" nor holy nor accurate because if he was old then ruling 40 is not old and if he ruled more than 40 the book is false and unreliable
researchers correct the error, knowing that solomon ruled 80 years as josephus said in book 8 see below-A, and correct the error in the book of kings to 80 [see notes to josephus page 133 hebrew volume 2 quoting mr. yale]
in summary Solomon WAS unusualy "old" for his era and ruled from age 14 until 94 for 80 years.
this fills in some of the gap between the 466 years [not 474 as some historians exagerate but only 470 or 466 as josephus said precisely] in contrast to the total in the book of kings around 410.
another possibility is that "holy" books can have mistakes in them because after the original was written errors happened and the wrong versions were the ones preserved or the original was written but not word for word by prophecy and hence errors.
the totals in the book of cronicles is only about 410 years so correcting this error- in which even the book of kings said he was "old" meaning unusualy old in contrast to the others shows that the number 40 is the error and the truth was eighty. the next generations were
solomon age 14 reigned 80
rehobom 17 check v
abia/m 3 v
asa 41 but perhaps in truth several kings in this period
josephus claims asa was "righteous" and "enjoyed life" yet kings claims he was sick in his feet which is nt matched by josephus- perhaps he was not sick in his legs, and in fact another error in kings which should not be there because he had pleasure.
if so also the years may be three kings each starting age 30 for 15 years and dying at an average age and the book grouped them all into one king as if one lived long but left out two kings and the total may be more than 41 bridging the gap between 416 and 466.
josapat see book 9 until joakim 11v+ zedekia 11v
the story in samuel about the son king david chasing his father king david across the jordan is certainly a legend which never occurred and only the book of kings is worth discussing not the book called samuel.
links: ruled from age 14 for eighty years: "Solomon died when he was already an old man, having reigned eighty years, and lived ninety-four" source
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