2 Samuel 2:11

The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

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And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

In Context

10Ishbosheth son of Saul, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

12Abner son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

1 Chronicles 3:4These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. He then ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:9-18

A Civil War in Israel. ( b. c. 1053.) 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years… Read the whole commentary →

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