1 Kings 2:11

David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

12And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

1 Chronicles 29:26Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:2-12

David's Dying Charge; David's Death and Burial. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4… Read the whole commentary →

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