2 Samuel 2:11
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New International Version (©2011)
The length of time David was king in Hebron over Judah was seven years and six months.

New Living Translation (©2007)
David made Hebron his capital, and he ruled as king of Judah for seven and a half years.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The period of David's kingship in Hebron lasted seven years and six months.

NET Bible (©2006)
David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
In Hebron David was king over the tribe of Judah for seven years and six months.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

American King James Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

American Standard Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months.

Darby Bible Translation
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

English Revised Version
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the time that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.

World English Bible
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Young's Literal Translation
And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:8-17. The nation in general refused David. By this the Lord trained up his servant for future honour and usefulness; and the tendency of true godliness was shown in his behaviour while passing through various difficulties. David was herein a type of Christ, whom Israel would not submit to, though anointed of the Father to be a Prince and a Saviour to them. Abner meant, Let the young men fight before us, when he said, Let them play before us: fools thus make a mock at sin. But he is unworthy the name of a man, that can thus trifle with human blood.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah,.... And over them only:

was seven years and six months; to which being added thirty three years he reigned over all Israel in Jerusalem, made forty years and six months; and which, for the roundness of the number, is usually called forty years. See 2 Samuel 5:4.

2 Samuel 2:11 Parallel Commentaries
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Ish-Bosheth Made King of Israel
…9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

2 Samuel 2:10 Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David.
2 Samuel 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
1 Chronicles 3:4 These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,