2 Samuel 5:4

David was thirty years old when he began reign ,.... Over Judah, which was the age of his antitype Christ, when he entered upon his public ministry, Luke 3:23 ,

and he reigned forty years ; and six months, as appears by 2 Samuel 5:5 ; but the months are not mentioned, only the round number of years given: two reasons the Jews F1 Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 77. I. give for this; the one, that he fled six months from Absalom; the other is, that he was ill in Hebron so long, and therefore are not reckoned.