King James Version
1 Kings 2:11 in the King James Version says “And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three yea...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And 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.”
1 Kings 2:11 · KJV
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
And 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.
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
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“And the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“he in Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
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