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2 Samuel 5:4

2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

David was thirty years old when he began reign,.... Over Judah, which was the age of his antitype Christ, when he…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The age of David is conclusive as to the fact that the earlier years of Saul’s reign (during which Jonathan grew up to…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 5:1-5

Here is, I. The humble address of all the tribes to David, beseeching him to take upon him the government (for they were…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–19212 Samuel 5:4-5

The compiler of Chronicles omits these verses here, but inserts the substance of them in 1Ch 29:27.

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