Methuselah was 969 years old when he died, according to the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 5:27. He is recorded as the longest-lived human in the Bible
. His age is traditionally taken literally as 969 solar years, although some interpretations suggest it could represent lunar months or symbolic numbers. Methuselah died in the same year as the biblical Flood, which is said to have occurred when Noah was 600 years old, making Methuselah's death coincide with the Flood year
