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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
10And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
12And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established firmly.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
1 Chronicles 29:26Now David the son of Jesse reigned 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 →