Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A son of thirty years is David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;
New American Standard Bible
David was
King James Version
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Holman Bible
David was 30 years old when he began his reign;
International Standard Version
David began to reign when he was 30 years old, and he reigned 40 years.
A Conservative Version
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
American Standard Version
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Amplified
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
Bible in Basic English
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,
Darby Translation
David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
Julia Smith Translation
The son of thirty years was David in his reigning, and he reigned forty years.
King James 2000
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Lexham Expanded Bible
David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
Modern King James verseion
David was thirty years old when he began to reign. He reigned forty years.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
NET Bible
David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.
New Heart English Bible
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
The Emphasized Bible
Thirty years old, was David when he began to reign, - forty years, he reigned:
Webster
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
World English Bible
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Themes
David » King of israel » Age of, at death
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » David crowned king of israel at
Israel » Before » Separation » Two kingdoms » David » Made king
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Malak
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 5:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Anointed As King Over All Of Israel
3 And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel. 4 A son of thirty years is David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned; 5 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.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 26:31
Of the Hebronite, Jerijah is the head, of the Hebronite, according to his generations, for the fathers -- in the fortieth year of the reign of David they have been sought out, and there are found among them mighty ones of valour, in Jazer of Gilead --
1 Chronicles 29:27
and the days that he hath reigned over Israel are forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three;
Luke 3:23
And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,
1 Kings 2:11
and the days that David hath reigned over Israel are forty years, in Hebron he hath reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years.
1 Chronicles 3:4
Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.