2 Samuel 5:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
In context
2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
6 Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
2 Samuel 5:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
- KJV King James Version
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- WEB World English Bible
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- ASV American Standard Version
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;
- DBY Darby Translation
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
- WBS Webster Bible
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.