| And the time | וְהַיָּמִ֗ים | wĕhayyāmîm | veh-ha-ya-MEEM |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| he reigned | מָלַךְ֙ | mālak | ma-lahk |
| over | עַל | ʿal | al |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrāʾēl | yees-ra-ALE |
| was forty | אַרְבָּעִ֖ים | ʾarbāʿîm | ar-ba-EEM |
| years; | שָׁנָ֑ה | šānâ | sha-NA |
| seven | בְּחֶבְר֤וֹן | bĕḥebrôn | beh-hev-RONE |
| years | מָלַךְ֙ | mālak | ma-lahk |
| reigned | שֶׁ֣בַע | šebaʿ | SHEH-va |
| he in Hebron, | שָׁנִ֔ים | šānîm | sha-NEEM |
| and thirty | וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֥ם | ûbîrûšālaim | oo-vee-roo-sha-la-EEM |
| three and | מָלַ֖ךְ | mālak | ma-LAHK |
| years reigned | שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | šĕlōšîm | sheh-loh-SHEEM |
| he in Jerusalem. | וְשָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃ | wĕšālôš | veh-sha-LOHSH |