1 Chronicles 11:1 “Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we ar…”

1 Chronicles 11:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then all Israel gathered themselues to Dauid vnto Hebron, saying, Beholde, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

Darby Translation

And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh [are] we;

Bible in Basic English

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

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Cross references

“A. M. 2956. B.C. 1048. all Israel”

1 Chronicles 12:23–40 2 Samuel 5:1–16

1 Chronicles 12:23–40 · BSB

Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

2 Samuel 5:1–16 · BSB

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

“Hebron”

2 Samuel 15:10 1 Kings 2:11 Numbers 13:22 2 Samuel 2:1

2 Samuel 15:10 · BSB

Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

1 Kings 2:11 · BSB

The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Numbers 13:22 · BSB

They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

2 Samuel 2:1 · BSB

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

“Behold”

Genesis 29:14 Deuteronomy 17:15 Judges 9:2 Ephesians 5:30 2 Samuel 19:12 2 Samuel 19:13

Genesis 29:14 · BSB

Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

Deuteronomy 17:15 · BSB

you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

Judges 9:2 · BSB

“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

Ephesians 5:30 · BSB

For we are members of His body.

2 Samuel 19:12 · BSB

You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

2 Samuel 19:13 · BSB

And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

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