2 Samuel 5:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה דָּוִ֖ד בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה מָלָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

Son-of-thirty šānāh dāwid in-mālḵô forty šānāh mālāḵ

Grammar Details

• *ben-šəlōšîm šānāh*: idiomatic expression - thirty years old
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *bə-mālḵô*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his becoming king/when he became king
• *mālāḵ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned

Word Meanings

• *bə-mālḵô*: when he became king/at his accession

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  David{H1732} was thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign,{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} forty{H705} years.{H8141}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  David{H1732} was thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} forty{H705} years{H8141}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thyrtie yeare olde was Dauid whan he was made kynge, and reigned fortye yeares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Dauid was thirtie yeere olde when he began to reigne: and hee reigned fortie yeere.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Dauid was thirtie yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned fourtie yeres.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A son of thirty years `is' David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 26:31 : 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David, they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
• 1 Chr 29:27 : 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
• Luke 3:23 : 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
• 1 Kgs 2:11 : 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 3:4 : 4 These six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years.