2 Samuel 2:11 - Plain English Version

¹¹ David was boss for 7 years and 6 months in Hebron town. (We have not yet translated 2:12-32. It is about a fight between David’s mob and the mob that wanted Saul’s son to be their boss.)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah for seven years and six months.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The amount of time David ruled in Hebron over the house of Judah totaled seven and a half years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And the number of the days, during which David was staying and ruling in Hebron over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.

2 Samuel 2:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:10

Ishbosheth was 40 years old at the time he became boss over those Israel tribes, and he was their boss for 2 years. But the Judah tribe made David their boss.