2 Samuel 5:4

David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

David {H1732} was thirty {H7970} years {H8141} old {H1121} when he began to reign {H4427}, and he reigned {H4427} forty {H705} years {H8141}.

David was thirty years old when he began his rule, and he ruled forty years.

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 3:23 (4 votes)

    And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli,

  • 1 Chronicles 26:31 (4 votes)

    Among the Hebronites [was] Jerijah the chief, [even] among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:27 (4 votes)

    And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kings 2:11 (3 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:4 (2 votes)

    [These] six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.