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Hebrew Names Version

2 Samuel 2:11

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   David;   Hebron;   Israel;   Judah;   Mahanaim;   Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ishbosheth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Palestine;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jews, Judaism;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ishbosheth;   Judah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Time, Meaning of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hebron ;   Ishbosheth ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joab;   Mount hebron;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hebron;   Ish-bosheth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abner;   Hebron;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
King James Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Lexham English Bible
The number of days that David was king over Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.
English Standard Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
New Century Version
David was king in Hebron for seven years and six months.
New English Translation
David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years.
Amplified Bible
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
New American Standard Bible
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(And the time which Dauid reigned in Hebron ouer the house of Iudah, was seuen yeere & sixe moneths)
Legacy Standard Bible
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Contemporary English Version
and he ruled from Hebron for seven and a half years.
Complete Jewish Bible
David was king in Hevron over the house of Y'hudah for seven years and six months.
Darby Translation
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Easy-to-Read Version
David ruled over the tribe of Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months.
George Lamsa Translation
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Good News Translation
and he ruled in Hebron over Judah for seven and a half years.
Literal Translation
And it happened, the number of the days that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The tyme yt Dauid was kynge at Hebron ouer the house of Iuda, was seuen yeare and sixe monethes longe.
American Standard Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Bible in Basic English
And the time when David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah was seven years and six months.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
(And the time whiche Dauid raigned in Hebron ouer the house of Iuda, was seuen yeres and sixe monethes.)
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
King James Version (1611)
(And the time that Dauid was King in Hebron ouer the house of Iudah, was seuen yeeres, and sixe moneths)
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the days which David reigned in Chebron over the house of Juda were seven years and six months.
English Revised Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Berean Standard Bible
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the noumbre of daies, bi whiche Dauid dwellide regnynge in Ebron on the hows of Juda, was of seuene yeer and sixe monethis.
Young's Literal Translation
And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.
Update Bible Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the time that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.
World English Bible
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
New King James Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
New Living Translation
David made Hebron his capital, and he ruled as king of Judah for seven and a half years.
New Life Bible
David was king in Hebron over the family of Judah for seven years and six months.
New Revised Standard
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, that, the number of the days that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months.
Revised Standard Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Contextual Overview

8 Now Aviner the son of Ner, captain of Sha'ul's host, had taken Ish-Boshet the son of Sha'ul, and brought him over to Machanayim; 9 and he made him king over Gil`ad, and over the Ashuri, and over Yizre`el, and over Efrayim, and over Binyamin, and over all Yisra'el. 10 Ish-Boshet, Sha'ul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Yisra'el, and he reigned two years. But the house of Yehudah followed David. 11 The time that David was king in Hevron over the house of Yehudah was seven years and six months. 12 Aviner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-Boshet the son of Sha'ul, went out from Machanayim to Giv`on. 13 Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Giv`on; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 Aviner said to Yo'av, Please let the young men arise and play before us. Yo'av said, Let them arise. 15 Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Binyamin, and for Ish-Boshet the son of Sha'ul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkat-Hatztzurim, which is in Giv`on. 17 The battle was very severe that day: and Aviner was beaten, and the men of Yisra'el, before the servants of David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

time: Heb. number of days, 2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Chronicles 29:27

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:2 - Kirjatharba Genesis 35:27 - Mamre Numbers 13:22 - Hebron Joshua 10:3 - Hebron 2 Samuel 2:1 - Hebron 2 Samuel 2:4 - the men of Judah 2 Samuel 15:10 - Hebron 2 Chronicles 11:10 - Hebron

Cross-References

Genesis 10:7
The sons of Kush: Seva, Havilah, Savtah, Ra`mah, and Savtekha. The sons of Ra`mah: Sheva and Dedan.
Genesis 10:29
Ofir, Havilah, and Yovav. All these were the sons of Yoktan.
Genesis 25:18
They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Mitzrayim, as you go toward Ashshur. He lived opposite all his relatives.
1 Samuel 15:7
Sha'ul struck the `Amaleki, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Mitzrayim.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah,.... And over them only,

was seven years and six months; to which being added thirty three years he reigned over all Israel in Jerusalem, made forty years and six months; and which, for the roundness of the number, is usually called forty years. See 2 Samuel 5:4.


 
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