2 Samuel 5:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

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  • 1 Chr 26:31 : 31 Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.
  • 1 Chr 29:27 : 27 For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
  • Luke 3:23 : 23 And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
  • 1 Kgs 2:11 : 11 David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
  • 1 Chr 3:4 : 4 He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:10-11
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    10 Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

    11 David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 5:5
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    5 Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.

  • 1 Chr 29:26-28
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    26 Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

    27 For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    28 And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Sam 2:10-11
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    10 (Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was ruler for two years.) But Judah was on the side of David.

    11 And the time when David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah was seven years and six months.

  • 2 Sam 5:2-3
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    2 In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 9:30
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    30 Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

  • 1 Chr 3:4
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    4 He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

  • 1 Kgs 11:42
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    42 And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

  • 1 Chr 11:2-3
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    2 In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Chr 29:30
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    30 Together with all his rule and his power, and the events which took place in his time, in Israel and in all the kingdoms of other lands.

  • 2 Sam 5:10-13
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    10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.

    11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

    13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Sam 27:7
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    7 And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.

  • 1 Sam 13:1
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  • 1 Chr 23:1
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    1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 18:14
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    14 So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 2 Sam 8:15
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    15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5
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    4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

    5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 1 Chr 14:2-3
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    2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

    3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • Acts 13:21
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    21 Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

  • 2 Kgs 8:17
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    17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
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    17 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

  • 1 Kgs 1:1
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    1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

  • 2 Chr 21:5
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    5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • 2 Sam 15:7
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    7 Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:

  • 1 Sam 18:14
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    14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
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    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 2 Sam 3:1
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    1 Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
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    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

  • 2 Chr 27:8
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    8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.

  • Ruth 4:22
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    22 And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
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    12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

  • 1 Sam 17:33
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    33 And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

  • 2 Chr 34:1
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    1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
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    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1 Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

  • 1 Sam 22:4
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    4 And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.