David
King of Israel · 1055–1015 BC
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His Reign
- Reigned
- forty years 2 Samuel 5:4
- Began to Reign
- thirty years old 2 Samuel 5:4
- Before Him
- Saul
- After Him
- Solomon
- His Rival
- Ishbosheth
In the Sight of the LORD
“David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD” 1 Kings 15:5
Ussher’s Years
- Began to Reign 1055–1048 BC
- “he reigned over Judah by the space of seven years and six moneths”
- Reigned Alone 1048–1015 BC
- “made David now a third time, an anointed King over all Israel”
Seven years and six months in Hebron over Judah, then thirty and three years in Jerusalem over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:5).
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.
