A.

2983 B.C.

1021 An. Ex. Is.

470.
forty years As David reigned in the whole only forty years, this reading is evidently corrupt, though supported by the commonly printed Vulgate, LXX., and Chaldee. but the Syriac, Arabic, Josephus, and several MSS of the same version, read FOUR years; and it is highly probable that {arbaim}, FORTY, is an error for {arba}, FOUR, though not supported by any Hebrew MS yet discovered. Two of those collated by Dr. Kennicott, however, have {yom}, `day' instead of {shanah}, `year', i.e., {forty days} instead of {forty years}; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other authorities.

撒母耳記下 13:38
押沙龍逃到基述，在那裡住了三年。

撒母耳記上 16:1,13
耶和華對撒母耳說：「我既厭棄掃羅做以色列的王，你為他悲傷要到幾時呢？你將膏油盛滿了角，我差遣你往伯利恆人耶西那裡去。因為我在他眾子之內，預定一個做王的。」…

let me go

撒母耳記下 13:24-27
押沙龍來見王，說：「現在有人為僕人剪羊毛，請王和王的臣僕與僕人同去。」…

pay

撒母耳記上 16:2
撒母耳說：「我怎能去呢？掃羅若聽見，必要殺我。」耶和華說：「你可以帶一隻牛犢去，就說：『我來是要向耶和華獻祭。』」

箴言 21:27
惡人的祭物是可憎的，何況他存惡意來獻呢？

以賽亞書 58:4
你們禁食，卻互相爭競，以凶惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁食，不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。

馬太福音 2:8
就差他們往伯利恆去，說：「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子，尋到了就來報信，我也好去拜他。」

馬太福音 23:14