2 Samuel 5:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

Young's Literal Translation
A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;

King James Bible
David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

Hebrew
David
דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

was thirty
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

years old
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

when he became king,
בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ (bə·mā·lə·ḵōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

[and] he reigned
מָלָֽךְ׃ (mā·lāḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

forty
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

years.
שָׁנָ֖ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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