KJV King James Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Samuel 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
WEB World English Bible
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
ASV American Standard Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 2
8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Ishbosheth Saul’s son [was] forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beמִסְפַּ֣רH4557 · mis.parnumberהַיָּמִ֔יםH3117 · yomdayאֲשֶׁר֩H834 · a.sherwhichהָיָ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto beדָוִ֥דH1732 · da.vidDavidמֶ֛לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבְּחֶבְר֖וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronעַל־H5921 · aluponבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahשֶׁ֥בַעH7651 · she.vasevenשָׁנִ֖יםH8141 · sha.nehyearוְשִׁשָּׁ֥הH8337 · sheshsixחֳדָשִֽׁים׃ סH2320 · cho.deshmonth
Cross-references
1 Kings 2:11And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.2 Samuel 5:4-5David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.1 Chronicles 29:27And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 3:4[These] six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 2 Samuel 2:11
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →