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2 Samuel 5:3-5
New International Version
2 Samuel 5:3-5
New International Version
3 When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant(A) with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed(B) David king over Israel.
4 David was thirty years old(C) when he became king, and he reigned(D) forty(E) years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months,(F) and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
2 Samuel 5:3-5
King James Version
2 Samuel 5:3-5
King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 5:3-5
New King James Version
2 Samuel 5:3-5
New King James Version
3 (A)Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, (B)and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron (C)before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was (D)thirty years old when he began to reign, and (E)he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah (F)seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
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2 Samuel 5:3-5
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 5:3-5
English Standard Version
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, (A)and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron (B)before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and (C)he reigned forty years. 5 (D)At Hebron he reigned over Judah (E)seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.[a]
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- 2 Samuel 5:5 Dead Sea Scroll lacks verses 4–5
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