Heidegger's Bible Handbook: 2 Samuel: Chronology

3. It embraces the matters conducted through forty years and six months.

Now, the book embraces the matters conducted through forty years and six months. The kingdom of David evidently is summed up in just so many years, as it is sufficiently evident out of 2 Samuel 5:5, in which it is said that he reigned in Hebron over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.