The reign of Solomon

• Solomon

• Start — 1 Kings 1:39. The year Solomon's reign began is the year Solomon began construction on his Temple (2995) - 4 years = 2991
• End — 1 Kings 11:42. The year Solomon's reign ended (3031) is the year his reign began (2991) + the length of his reign (40) = 3031

START:Now it came about in the FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH YEAR after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the FOURTH YEAR of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he 1began to build the house of the LORD. (1KI 6:1) [Shulman date p83 and p117] [Ussher date p63] END:[Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p67]

Years are anno hominis — counted from Creation as year 1 — which is the frame the source computes in. The arithmetic behind each boundary is given above rather than assumed.