John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years,.... So says Eupolemus (s), an Heathen writer, which are thus reckoned: seven years reigned he in Hebron; the six months over are omitted, Sa2 5:5; this part of his reign was over Judah only: and thirty three years reigned he in Jerusalem; over the twelve tribes, in all forty, which round number is only...

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

1Ki 2:10-11 After these instructions David died, and was buried in the city of David, i.e., upon Mount Zion, where the sepulchre of David still existed in the time of Christ (Act 2:29). On the length of his reign see 2Sa 5:5.

Commenting on 1 Kings 2:10-11