2 Chronicles 9:30
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
What it says
Solomon reigns in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
What it is doing
This verse gives the formal length of his reign.
In context
29As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat? 30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.