For as easy and free it is to do, take the battery to an auto parts or battery store and have them load test it. Just because it reads 12 volts don't guarantee its okay under a load.
1) FIRST Id remove, clean and wire brush, and re attach the Battery and Solenoid and Starter motor connections.
2) To see if the Solenoid or Battery is at fault, use good jumper cables to jump from the battery direct to the starter motor post (or starter side of solenoid). If she cranks good then, battery must be okay so SOLENOID must be at fault
2) See if it will start using your car or truck jumper cables??? If so but NOT using lawn mower battery, the BATTERY is likely bad. If still no start with a good jump battery and good connections and solenoid clicks, SOLENOID likely bad.
If the battery is old, that's my first suspect, and that's so relatively cheap and easy to fix. Similar the solenoid is inexpensive and EITHER battery or solenoid isn't hard to fix THIS ALL ASSUMES ANY SAFETY OR LOCK OUTS ARE OKAY AND SOLENOID IS ENGAGING AT LEAST but maybe its contacts are burned and carboned.
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