Revised Literal Translation
2 Samuel 5:4
4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
2 Samuel 5:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- New International Version (NIV)David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
- English Standard Version (ESV)David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- New King James Version (NKJV)David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Context of 2 Samuel 5:4
2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: And Yhwh said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before Yhwh: and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. 6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
Read all of 2 Samuel 52 Samuel 5:4 word by word
בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה דָּוִ֖ד בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה מָלָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 5:4
- Luke 3:23And 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 26:31Among 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 29:27And 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.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The age of David is conclusive as to the fact that the earlier years of Saul‘s reign (during which Jonathan grew up to be a man) are passed over in silence, and that the events narrated from 1 Samuel 13 to the end of the book did not occupy more than 10 years. If David was 20 years old at the time he killed Goliath, four years in Saul‘s service, four years of wandering from place to place, one year and four months in the country of the Philistines, and a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Hebron: See study note on 2 Samuel 2:1.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-52Sa 5:1-5. The Tribes Anoint David King over Israel. 1-2. Then came all the tribes of Israel--a combined deputation of the leading authorities in every tribe. [See on 1Ch 11:1.] David possessed the first and indispensable qualification for the throne; namely, that of being an Israelite (De 17:15). Of his military talent he had furnished ample proof. And the people's desire for his assumption of the government of Israel was further increased by their…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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