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2 Samuel 5:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

2 Samuel 5:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:4

Theological / Devotional

Thirty years old. For the relationship between the ages of David and Saul see p. 132. Since David reigned 40 years, he was 70 years old at his death, described as “a good old age” (1 Chron. 29:28), probably from the point of view of one who had lived a strenuous life.

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