2 Samuel 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.”
2 Samuel 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.”
2 Samuel 5:4 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. ”
2 Samuel 5:4 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A son of thirty years <FI>is<Fi> David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;”
2 Samuel 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.”
2 Samuel 5:4 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Dauid was thirtie yeere olde when he began to reigne: and hee reigned fortie yeere.”
2 Samuel 5:4 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 5:4 in Context — 2 Samuel 5
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 unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
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What Does 2 Samuel 5:4 Mean?
2 Samuel 5:4 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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