2 Samuel 5:4

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

2 Samuel 5:4 in Other Translations

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

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

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

4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and ruled for forty years.

4 David was 30 years old when he began his reign; he reigned 40 years.

2 Samuel 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:4

David [was] thirty years old when he began reign
Over Judah, which was the age of his antitype Christ, when he entered upon his public ministry, ( Luke 3:23 ) ;

[and] he reigned forty years;
and six months, as appears by ( 2 Samuel 5:5 ) ; but the months are not mentioned, only the round number of years given: two reasons the Jews ^F1 give for this; the one, that he fled six months from Absalom; the other is, that he was ill in Hebron so long, and therefore are not reckoned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 77. I.

2 Samuel 5:4 In-Context

2 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ”

3 When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

6 The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.”

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 37:2; Luke 3:23
• 2. 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 3:4
• 3. 1 Chronicles 26:31; 1 Chronicles 29:27