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2 Samuel 5:5

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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 5

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

thirty years old when he began to reign

on 2 Samuel 5:4-5

David is thirty when he begins to reign, the same age at which Luke says the Son of David entered his public ministry, a parallel Gill and Henry both draw without forcing it. Verse 5 breaks the round forty years of verse 4 into its own two halves, seven years and six months over Judah alone in Hebron, then thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah once the capital moves to Jerusalem. The months at Hebron are the residue verse 4 rounds away, a small honesty in the record before the larger reign begins.

This site's exposition

in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years

Jerusalem enters the reign here as the seat of thirty-three years. Matthew Henry judges it likely to be the Salem where Melchizedek was king, citing Psalm 76:2, where Salem stands beside Zion as the dwelling place of God. The city of that priest-king becomes the city of David.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the L ORD God of hosts was with him. If Salem, the place of which Melchizedec was king, was Jerusalem (as seems probable from Ps. lxxvi.

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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בְּחֶבְרוֹן֙in Hebron

    bechevronH2275 →72 times

  • מָלַ֣ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • שֶׁ֥בַעseven

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • שָׁנִ֖יםyears

    shanimH8141 →877 times

  • וְשִׁשָּׁ֣הand six

    veshishahH8337 →216 times

  • חֳדָשִׁ֑יםmonths

    chodashimH2320 →284 times

  • וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֣םand in Jerusalem

    uvirushalimH3389 →643 times

  • מָלַ֗ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםthirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וְשָׁלֹשׁ֙and three

    veshaloshH7969 →432 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • עַ֥לover

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וִיהוּדָֽה׃and Judah

    vihudahH3063 →819 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”7 works2 Samuel 2:11And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.6 works1 Chronicles 3:4These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,4 works2 Samuel 12:8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.4 works1 Kings 2:11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.3 works2 Samuel 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.2 worksGenesis 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.2 works1 Kings 4:1So King Solomon ruled over Israel,2 works2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”2 worksPsalms 108:8Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.0 works

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 2:11

    The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 5:4–5

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

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:26–27

      David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 2:11

    And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 2:11

      The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:27

      The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 3:4

      These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:4

    These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 2:11

      And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

    • 2 Samuel 5:14–16

      These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 5 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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