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English Standard Version

1 Chronicles 3:4

six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Thompson Chain Reference - Genealogies of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ashurites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Sardis;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Generation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Jerimoth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genealogy;   Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years.
Hebrew Names Version
six were born to him in Hevron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Yerushalayim he reigned thirty-three years;
King James Version
These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
New Century Version
These six sons of David were born to him in Hebron, where David ruled for seven and one-half years. David ruled in Jerusalem thirty-three years.
New English Translation
These six were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months. He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
These six were born to David in Hebron; he reigned there seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
New American Standard Bible
Six were born to him in Hebron, and he reigned there for seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years.
World English Bible
six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
Geneva Bible (1587)
These sixe were borne vnto him in Hebron: and there hee reigned seuen yeere and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem he reigned three & thirtie yeere.
Legacy Standard Bible
Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
Berean Standard Bible
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,
Complete Jewish Bible
Six were born to David in Hevron. He ruled there seven years and six months; then he ruled in Yerushalayim thirty-three years.
Darby Translation
six were born to him in Hebron. And there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
Easy-to-Read Version
These six sons were born to David in Hebron. David ruled as king in Hebron for seven years and six months. He ruled as king in Jerusalem 33 years.
George Lamsa Translation
These six sons were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
Good News Translation
All six were born in Hebron during the seven and a half years that David ruled there. In Jerusalem he ruled as king for thirty-three years,
Lexham English Bible
Six were born to him in Hebron. And he reigned there seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
These six were born to him in Hebron. And he reigned there seven years and six months. And he reigned in Jerusalem thirty three years.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These sixe were borne vnto him at Hebron, for he reigned there vij. yeare & sixe monethes. But at Ierusale reigned he thre & thirtie yeare.
American Standard Version
six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;
Bible in Basic English
He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These sixe were borne vnto him in Hebron, and there he raigned seuen yeres and sixe monethes: and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
King James Version (1611)
These sixe were borne vnto him in Hebron, and there hee reigned seuen yeeres, and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem he reigned thirty and three yeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Six were born to him in Chebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months: and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor sixe sones weren borun to hym in Ebron, where he regnede seuene yeer and sixe monethis; sotheli he regnyde thre and thritti yeer in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;
Webster's Bible Translation
[These] six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
New King James Version
These six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
New Living Translation
These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven and a half years. Then David reigned another thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
Six sons were born to David in Hebron. He ruled there for seven years and six months. And he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
New Revised Standard
six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
six born to him in Hebron, and he reigned there, seven years and six months. And, thirty and three years, reigned he, in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So six sons were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years.
Revised Standard Version
six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.
THE MESSAGE
He had these six sons while he was in Hebron; he was king there for seven years and six months. He went on to be king in Jerusalem for another thirty-three years. These are the sons he had in Jerusalem: first Shammua, then Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel was the mother of these four. And then there were another nine sons: Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, Eliphelet—David's sons, plus Tamar their sister. There were other sons by his concubines.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

Contextual Overview

1 These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, 2 the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; 4 six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel; 6 then Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All these were David's sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there he reigned: 2 Samuel 2:11, 2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Kings 2:11

and in Jerusalem: 2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:14-16

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:27 - forty years

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Deuteronomy 29:19
one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore thus says the Lord , You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'" So Elijah went.
2 Kings 1:6
And they said to him, "There came a man to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the Lord , Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'"
2 Kings 1:16
and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'"
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,' but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die."
Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
2 Corinthians 2:11
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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