1 Chronicles 11:1
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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Numbers 13:22And they went up by the South, and came to Hebron. And Ahaiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy men, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 19:12Ye are my brothers, ye are my bone and my flesh. Why then are ye the last to bring back the king?
1 Chronicles 12:23And these are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of LORD.
Ephesians 5:30because we are parts of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:1
In this chapter is repeated, I. The elevation of David to the throne, immediately upon the death of Saul, by common consent, ver. 1-3 . II. His gaining the castle of Zion out of the hands of the Jebusites, ver. 4-9 . III. The catalogue of the worthies and great men of his kingdom, ver. 10-47 . Read the whole commentary →