(27) And the time (Heb., the days).

That he reigned.--This verse is a duplicate of 1Kings 2:11, omitting the words "David" at the beginning and "years" at the end.

Seven years.--More exactly, seven and a-half. (See 2Samuel 5:5.)

Verse 27. - In the same way the contents of this verse are paralleled by 1 Chronicles 3:4; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 2:11; this last passage giving only seven years instead of the seven years and six months for the reign in Hebron.

This great assembly joined with David in adoring God. Whoever is the mouth of the congregation, those only have the benefit who join him, not by bowing down the head, so much as by lifting up the soul. Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. Solomon's kingdom typified the kingdom of the Messiah, whose throne is the throne of the Lord.And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years,.... See 1 Kings 2:11.