1 Chronicles 29:26

“Thus David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.”

1 Chronicles 29:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 29:26, word by word

Thus Davidדָוִידdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Jesseיִשָׁיyishay

Jesse

Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.

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reignedמָלַךְmalach

reign

To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The death of David

1 Kings 2:10-12

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1 Chronicles 29:26-30

26Thus David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27The days that he reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 28He died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place. 29The acts of David the king, the first and the last, are written in the words of Samuel the seer, and in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Gad the seer, 30with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.

1 Kings 2:10-12

10And David lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. 11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 12And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established firmly.

The context

25YHWH magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and put on him a splendor of kingship such as had not been on any king before him over Israel.

26 · This verse (above)

27The days that he reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

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