These six were born to David in Hebron; he reigned there seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your enemies, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the angel of the Lord bringing destruction throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”

The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.