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Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

2 Samuel 2:11

In 11 translations

BSB
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
KJV
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.time: Heb. number of days
WEB
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
ASV
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
LSV
And the number of the days that David has been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.
YLT
And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.
DBY
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
DRC
And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months.
GNV
(And the time which Dauid reigned in Hebron ouer the house of Iudah, was seuen yeere and sixe moneths)
JPS
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
LXXE
And the days which David reigned in Chebron over the house of Juda were seven years and six months.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְהִי֙ מִסְפַּ֣ר הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֩ הָיָ֨ה דָוִ֥ד מֶ֛לֶךְ בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן עַל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι ἃς Δαυὶδ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Χεβρὼν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰούδα, ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ μῆνας ἕξ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 2:11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Samuel 5:4–5David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
  • 1 Chronicles 3:4These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,
  • 1 Chronicles 29:27The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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