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Literal Standard Version

2 Samuel 5:5

he reigned over Judah in Hebron [for] seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned [for] thirty-three years, over all Israel and Judah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Hebron;   Israel;   Jerusalem;   Judah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Judea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Hebron;   Israel;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Congregation;   David;   Hebron;   Jerusalem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Hebron;   Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Israel, History of;   Jerusalem;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hebron;   Israel;   Jerusalem;   Samuel, Books of;   Solomon;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerusalem;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cities of refuge;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cities of Refuge,;   Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adonijah;   David;   Hebron (1);   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
In Hevron he reigned over Yehudah seven years and six months; and in Yerushalayim he reigned thirty-three years over all Yisra'el and Yehudah.
King James Version
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Lexham English Bible
He reigned over Judah at Hebron for seven years and six months; and he reigned over all Israel and Judah at Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
English Standard Version
At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
New Century Version
He was king over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and he was king over all Israel and Judah in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
New English Translation
In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Amplified Bible
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
New American Standard Bible
At Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In Hebron hee reigned ouer Iudah seuen yeere, and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem hee reigned thirtie and three yeeres ouer all Israel and Iudah.
Legacy Standard Bible
At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Contemporary English Version
He lived in Hebron for the first seven and a half years and ruled only Judah. Then he moved to Jerusalem, where he ruled both Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
Complete Jewish Bible
In Hevron he ruled over Y'hudah seven years and six months; then in Yerushalayim he ruled thirty-three years over all Isra'el and Y'hudah.
Darby Translation
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Easy-to-Read Version
In Hebron he ruled over Judah for 7 years and 6 months, and in Jerusalem he ruled over all Israel and Judah for 33 years.
George Lamsa Translation
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Good News Translation
He ruled in Hebron over Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
Literal Translation
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty three years over all Israel and Judah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At Hebron raigned he seue yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda: but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda.
American Standard Version
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Bible in Basic English
Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In Hebron he raigned ouer Iuda seuen yeres and sixe monethes: and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
King James Version (1611)
In Hebron he reigned ouer Iudah seuen yeeres, and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem he reigned thirty and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iudah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six mouths: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Berean Standard Bible
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he regnede on Juda seuene yeer and sixe monethis; forsothe in Jerusalem he regnede thretti and thre yeer, on al Israel and Juda.
Young's Literal Translation
in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.
Update Bible Version
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Webster's Bible Translation
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
World English Bible
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
New King James Version
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
New Living Translation
He had reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months, and from Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
New Life Bible
He ruled over Judah seven years and six months at Hebron. Then he ruled in Jerusalem thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
New Revised Standard
At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
in Hebron, reigned he over Judah, seven years, and six months, - and, in Jerusalem, reigned he thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In Hebron he reigned over Juda seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years over all Israel and Juda.
Revised Standard Version
At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

Contextual Overview

1And all the tribes of Israel come to David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, "Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh; 2also thus far, in Saul's being king over us, you have been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and YHWH says to you, You feed My people Israel, and you are for leader over Israel." 3And all [the] elderly of Israel come to the king, to Hebron, and King David makes a covenant with them in Hebron before YHWH, and they anoint David for king over Israel. 4A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; he has reigned [for] forty years; 5he reigned over Judah in Hebron [for] seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned [for] thirty-three years, over all Israel and Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seven years: 2 Samuel 2:11, 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:2 - Kirjatharba Genesis 35:27 - Mamre 2 Samuel 2:4 - anointed 2 Samuel 8:15 - over all Israel 2 Samuel 12:8 - gave thee 2 Samuel 15:10 - Hebron 1 Kings 4:1 - over all Israel 1 Chronicles 29:27 - forty years Psalms 108:8 - Gilead

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
by the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return."
Genesis 5:7
And Seth lives after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years [[or seven hundred and seven years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:8
And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dies.
Genesis 5:10
And Enos lives after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years [[or seven hundred and fifteen years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:11
And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dies.
Genesis 5:12
And Cainan lives seventy years [[or one hundred and seventy years]], and begets Mahalaleel.
Genesis 5:14
And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dies.
Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lives sixty-five years [[or one hundred and sixty-five years]], and begets Methuselah.
Genesis 5:22
And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[or two hundred years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:32
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begets Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months,.... So long the kingdom of Israel continued in the house of Saul after his death; and by this it appears that David was near thirty eight years of age when the elders of Israel came and made him their king:

and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah; which in all made forty years and six months, see 1 Kings 2:11; upon his being made king over all the tribes, as soon as he had taken the strong hold of Zion, which he immediately attacked, as follows, he removed the seat of his kingdom from Hebron to Jerusalem.


 
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