2nd Samuel Chapter 5 verse 4 Holy Bible
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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A son of thirty years `is' David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - David was thirty years old. As David was probably about eighteen or nineteen years of age at the time of his combat with Goliath, the events recorded in 1 Samuel 17-31, must have occupied about ten or eleven years.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Thirty years old.--This statement of the age and of the length of the reign of David (which is repeated in 1Chronicles 29:26-27, at the end of the history of David's life) shows us approximately the length of time since the combat with Goliath as some ten or twelve years. It also proves that the greater part of Saul's reign is treated very briefly in 1 Samuel, and further shows that David was seventy years old at his death.
