1 Kings 2:11

Now the days during which David reigned over Israel are forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, thirty-three 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

10And so, David slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.

12Then Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:4David was a son of thirty years, when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for forty years.

1 Chronicles 29:26Now David, the son of Jesse, reigned over all of 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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