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years

Meaning of “years”

Periods of twelve months.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:14

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1 Samuel 7:2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 7:2 · retained source text

And it came to passe while the Arke abode in Kiriath-iearim, that the time was long: for it was twentie yeeres: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

1 Samuel 13:1
SAUL reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 13:1 · retained source text

¶ Saul reigned one yeere, and when he had reigned two yeeres ouer Israel,

1611 marginal noteHebr. the sonne of one yeere in his reigning.

1 Samuel 29:3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 29:3 · retained source text

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What doe these Hebrewes here? And Achish said vnto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this Dauid the seruant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath bene with me these dayes, or these yeeres, and I haue found no fault in him since he fell vnto me, vnto this day?

2 Samuel 2:10
Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 2:10 · retained source text

Ishbosheth Sauls sonne was fortie yeeres olde when he began to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned two yeres: but the house of Iudah followed Dauid.

2 Samuel 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 2:11 · retained source text

(And the time that Dauid was King in Hebron ouer the house of Iudah, was seuen yeeres, and sixe moneths)

1611 marginal noteHeb. number of dayes.

2 Samuel 4:4
And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:4 · retained source text

And Ionathan, Sauls sonne, had a sonne that was lame of his feete, and was fiue yeeres olde when the tidings came of Saul and Ionathan out of Iezreel, and his nource tooke him vp, and fled: and it came to passe as she made haste to flee, that hee fell, and became lame, and his name was Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 5:4
¶ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 5:4 · retained source text

¶ Dauid was thirtie yeeres old when he began to reigne, and he reigned fourtie yeeres.

2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 5:5 · retained source text

In Hebron he reigned ouer Iudah seuen yeeres, and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem he reigned thirty and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iudah.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.11.

2 Samuel 13:23
¶ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:23 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe after two full yeeres, that Absalom had sheepeshearers in Baal-Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom inuited all the kings sonnes.

2 Samuel 13:38
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:38 · retained source text

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three yeeres.

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