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

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; he reigned 40 years.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

שׁלשׁים שׁלושׁים 
Sh@lowshiym 
Usage: 172

שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

when he began to reign
מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

and he reigned
מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

References

Easton

Fausets

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.

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.

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