1 Chronicles 11:1

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Then all Isra'el gathered themselves to David in Hevron and said, "Here, we are your own flesh and bone.

Berean Standard Bible:

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

American Standard Version:

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Then all Israel{H3478} gathered{H6908} themselves to David{H1732} unto Hebron{H2275}, saying{H559}, Behold, we are thy bone{H6106} and thy flesh{H1320}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Deuteronomy 17:15

  • Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.

1 Chronicles 12:23

  • ¶ And these [are] the numbers of the bands [that were] ready armed to the war, [and] came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 12:40

  • Moreover they that were nigh them, [even] unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, [and] meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel.

Genesis 29:14

  • And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Judges 9:2

  • Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.

1 Kings 2:11

  • And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 5:1

  • ¶ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.

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Commentary for 1 Chronicles 11:1

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  2. Strong's Number: H6908
    There are 121 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָבַץ
    Transliteration: qâbats
    Pronunciation: kaw-bats'
    Description: a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect; assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
  3. Strong's Number: H1732
    There are 911 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דָּוִד
    Transliteration: Dâvid
    Pronunciation: daw-veed'
    Description: rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  4. Strong's Number: H2275
    There are 66 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֶבְרוֹן
    Transliteration: Chebrôwn
    Pronunciation: kheb-rone'
    Description: from חֶבֶר; seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites; Hebron.
  5. Strong's Number: H559
    There are 4434 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָמַר
    Transliteration: ʼâmar
    Pronunciation: aw-mar'
    Description: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  6. Strong's Number: H6106
    There are 108 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֶצֶם
    Transliteration: ʻetsem
    Pronunciation: eh'tsem
    Description: from עָצַם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
  7. Strong's Number: H1320
    There are 241 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּשָׂר
    Transliteration: bâsâr
    Pronunciation: baw-sawr'
    Description: from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.