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2Sa 5:4 — David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thirty		Luk 3:23
forty		1Ch 26:31; 1Ch 29:27

Correlating Passages

thirty

Luk 3:23

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli,

forty

	1Ch 26:31	Among the Hebronites [was] Jerijah the chief, [even] among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
	1Ch 29:27	And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 5:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/5/4.html>.

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