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King David was 70 Years old when he died

We know this from one definitive verse in The Bible: 2 Samuel 5:4

David was 30 old when he began to reign, and he reigned 40 years.

David reigned in Israel 40 years. It goes on to summarize where that 40 years were spent; 7 in Hebron (near his hometown of Bethlehem. while on the run from Saul, and 33 years in Jerusalem, where He finally gained control of the monarchy.

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He reigned for forty years as did his successor, King David and his successor and son, King Solomon.

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According to the Sages (in Seder Olam), he reigned for two years (1 Samuel 13:1).

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70 (30 when he became King, and reigned 40 years.

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See 2Sa 5:4:-

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

That makes David 70 when he died.

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Jewish tradition, unlike the Christian Testament, puts King Saul's death at about the age of forty years. He reigned for two years.

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He lived 1037 to 970.

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