Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

Bible References

Forty years

1 Chronicles 3:4
Six were born to him in Hebron, and he reigned there seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years,
2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
1 Kings 2:11
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.