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1Ki 2:11 Strong Concordance And the days [03117] that David [01732] reigned [04427] over Israel [03478] were forty [0705] years [08141]: seven [07651] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Hebron [02275], and thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389].
  King James And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Forty years - In all forty years and six months. See Sa2 5:5, and Ch1 3:4. The Jewish writers almost universally omit the fractions of a year.
 
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4 These six [08337] were born [03205] unto him in Hebron [02275]; and there he reigned [04427] seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320]: and in Jerusalem [03389] he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141].
5 In Hebron [02275] he reigned [04427] over Judah [03063] seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320]: and in Jerusalem [03389] he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141] over all Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].