1 Chronicles 11:1

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

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}.

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

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 17:15 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    ¶ 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 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

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