4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.


In Context

1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

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.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spoke to David, saying, Except thou shalt take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Samuel 5:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4A son of thirty years is David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.