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2 Samuel 5:4

David

2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 29:27

    And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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  • Luke 3:23

    And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:31

    Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

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  • 1 Kings 2:11

    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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:4

    These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

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