2 Samuel 5:4
What does 2 Samuel 5:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 5:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
KJV
King James Version · 1611David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A son of thirty years <FI>is<Fi> David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
Context
v.3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
v.4This passage
v.5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 26:31
Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
- 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.
- Luke 3:23
And Jesus himself, when he beganto teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
- 1 Chronicles 29:27
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and threeyearsreigned he in Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 3:4
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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