4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and ^ahe reigned forty years. 5 ^aAt Hebron he reigned over Judah ^bseven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.¹

The Death of David

26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 The ^utime that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.