2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 41:46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 3:4six were born to him in Hebron. And there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
1 Chronicles 29:27And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:2-6
David King over All Israel. ( b. c. 1048.) 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 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… Read the whole commentary →