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2 Samuel 5:5

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

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

  2. 2 Samuel 5:4

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

  3. 2 Samuel 5:6

    And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

  4. 2 Samuel 5:7

    Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

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