1 Kings 2:11
9 Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
13 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- KJV
- And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
- WEB
- The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- ASV
- And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
- DARBY
- And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- BLB
- And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years—in Hebron he reigned seven years and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
- ÅB
- Den tid David var konge over Israel, var førti år; i Hebron regjerte han i syv år og i Jerusalem i tre og tretti år.
- OTB
- David regjerte over Israel i førti år. Han regjerte sju år i Hebron og trettitre år i Jerusalem.
- B1930
- Den tid David var konge over Israel, var firti år; i Hebron regjerte han i syv år og i Jerusalem i tre og tretti år.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 5:4–5
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:26–27
David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.
Read in context