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 there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
1 Kings 2:11
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

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