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Geneva Bible

1 Kings 2:11

And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie & three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   David;   Reuben;   Samuel, Books of;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hebron;   Solomon;   Talent;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronology of the Old Testament;   Judges, Book of:;   Number;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Forty, the Number;   Talmud;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The length of time David reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
The days that David reigned over Yisra'el were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hevron, and thirty-three years reigned he in Yerushalayim.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
He had ruled over Israel forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
New English Translation
David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.
Amplified Bible
The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Now the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned for seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the time which David reigned over Israel was forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
Complete Jewish Bible
David had ruled Isra'el for forty years — seven years in Hevron and thirty-three years in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
David ruled Israel 40 years. He ruled seven years in Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
He had been king of Israel for forty years, ruling seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty three years in Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The tyme that Dauid was kynge ouer Israel, is fortie yeare. Seuen yeares was he kynge at Hebro and thre and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the dayes whiche Dauid raigned vpon Israel were fourtie yeres: seuen yeres raigned he in Hebron, & thirtie and three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And the dayes that Dauid raigned ouer Israel, were fourty yeeres: seuen yeeres raigned hee in Hebron, and thirty and three yeeres raigned hee in Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the days which David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
The length of David's reign over Israel was forty years-seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the daies, in whiche Dauid regnede on Israel, ben fourti yeer; in Ebron he regned seuene yeer, in Jerusalem thre and thretti yeer.
Young's Literal Translation
and the days that David hath reigned over Israel [are] forty years, in Hebron he hath reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years.
Update Bible Version
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty and three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
New King James Version
The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
New Living Translation
David had reigned over Israel for forty years, seven of them in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
He had ruled over Israel forty years. Seven years he ruled in Hebron. And thirty-three years he ruled in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the days that David reigned over Israel, were forty years, - in Hebron, reigned he seven years, and, in Jerusalem, reigned he thirty and three years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem thirty-three.
Revised Standard Version
And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man, 3 And take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and keepe his statutes, and his commaundements, and his iudgements, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing whereunto thou turnest thee, 4 That the Lorde may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their soules, thou shalt not (sayd he) want one of thy posteritie vpon the throne of Israel. 5 Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israel, vnto Abner the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether: whome he slewe, and shed blood of battell in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, and in his shooes that were on his feete. 6 Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace. 7 But shew kindnes vnto the sonnes of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eate at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. 8 And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, & I sware to him by the Lorde, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword. 9 But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood. 10 So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

reigned over: 2 Samuel 5:4, 1 Chronicles 29:26, 1 Chronicles 29:27

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:1 - Hebron 2 Samuel 2:11 - time 2 Samuel 5:5 - seven years 1 Kings 11:42 - forty years 1 Chronicles 3:4 - there he reigned 1 Chronicles 11:1 - Hebron 1 Chronicles 26:31 - fortieth

Cross-References

Genesis 10:7
And the sonnes of Cush, Seba and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: also the sonnes of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:29
And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.
Genesis 25:18
And they dwelt from Hauilah vnto Shur, that is towardes Egypt, as thou goest to Asshur. Ishmael dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
1 Samuel 15:7
So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years,.... So says Eupolemus s, an Heathen writer, which are thus reckoned:

seven years reigned he in Hebron; the six months over are omitted, 2 Samuel 5:5; this part of his reign was over Judah only:

and thirty three years reigned he in Jerusalem; over the twelve tribes, in all forty, which round number is only given; though in fact he reigned six months more.

s Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forty years - In all forty years and six months. See 2 Samuel 5:5, and 1 Chronicles 3:4. The Jewish writers almost universally omit the fractions of a year.


 
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