Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Thirty
Bible References
Thirty
Luke 3:23
Jesus himself was about 30 years old when he began his ministry. He was (as legally calculated) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Forty
1 Chronicles 26:31
From the descendants of Hebron, Jerijah was assigned chief of the descendants of Hebron. During the fortieth year of David's administration, a search was made by genealogical record, family by family, to find men of great ability, including those found at Jazer in Gilead.
1 Chronicles 29:27
serving as king over Israel for 40 years. He reigned for seven years in Hebron and for 33 in Jerusalem.