1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Samuel 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, *and he reigned forty years.

3 Kings 2:11.
Forty, a round number, as another half year is specified below; (Calmet) or Solomon might be crowned at the expiration of the 40th year. (Du Hamel)