46/Historical Note
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Historical Note on 46
Consider the $46$th psalm, as rendered in the King James (Authorized) Version of the Christian Bible.
The $46$th word of this psalm is shake.
The $46$th word from the end, counting backwards, is spear.
When the King James version was completed in $1610$, William Shakespeare was $46$ years old.
Note also that $1610 = 35 \times 46$.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $46$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $46$