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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

2 Samuel 5:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી2 શમુએલ ૫:૪
દાઉદ રાજા થયો ત્યારે તે ત્રીસ વર્ષનો હતો. તેણે ચાળીસ વર્ષ સુધી રાજ કર્યું.
हिन्दी2 शमूएल ५:४
दाऊद तीस वर्ष का होकर राज्य करने लगा, और चालीस वर्ष तक राज्य करता रहा।

In context

2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”

3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel.

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

5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

6The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here,” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”

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