2 Samuel 5:4
2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
6 Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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
- David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
- KJV
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- WEB
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- ASV
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- DARBY
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
- BLB
- David [was] a son of thirty years when he began to reign; forty years he reigned.
- ÅB
- David var tretti år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i førti år.
- OTB
- David var tretti år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i førti år.
- B1930
- David var tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte i firti år.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 29:27
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Read in contextLuke 3:23
Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Read in context1 Chronicles 26:31
As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
Read in context1 Kings 2:11
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:4
These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,
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