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.

Then came {H935} all the tribes {H7626} of Israel {H3478} to David {H1732} unto Hebron {H2275}, and spake {H559}, saying {H559}, Behold, we are thy bone {H6106} and thy flesh {H1320}.

Then all the tribes of Isra'el came to David in Hevron and said, "Here, we are your own flesh and bone.

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

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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Cross-References

  • 1 Chronicles 11:1 (8 votes)

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

  • 1 Chronicles 11:3 (8 votes)

    Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

  • Ephesians 5:30 (3 votes)

    For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

  • 2 Samuel 19:13 (2 votes)

    And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

  • 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.

  • 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.