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We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
forty years The number is perhaps a round number; cp. Jdg 3:30; Jdg 5:31; Jdg 8:28; Jdg 13:1.