2 Samuel 5:4-5

5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years. 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem ¹  he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 5:1

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! ² 

2 Samuel 2:11

2:11 David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years. ³ 

2 Samuel 2:1

David is Anointed King

2:1 Afterward David inquired of the Lord, “Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” The Lord told him, “Go up.” David asked, “Where should I go?” The Lord replied, ⁴  “To Hebron.”

2 Samuel 3:4

3:4 His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abitail.

2 Samuel 1:27

1:27 How the warriors have fallen!

The weapons of war ⁵  are destroyed!

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”

³ tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”

⁴ tn Heb “he said.” The referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵ sn The expression weapons of war may here be a figurative way of referring to Saul and Jonathan.