2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Jerusalem, Hebron
- WHEN
- c. 1010-1003 BC
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WHEN
c. 1010-1003 BC
counted from the text
David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.
WHO RULED
- David king of Israel 1010-970 BC IN THE TEXT
SOURCES
- date — 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.
- David — 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)
SEE ALSO
- 2 Samuel 2:11 And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 1 Chronicles 3:4 These 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 Kings 2:11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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