2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Surely thou are my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
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 19:13And say ye to Amasa, Are thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou not be captain of the army before me continually in the place of Joab.
1 Chronicles 11:1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
1 Chronicles 12:24The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Hebrews 2:14Since therefore the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might make him who has the power of death impotent, that is, the devil.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:1
How far Abner's deserting the house of Saul, his murder, and the murder of Ish-bosheth, might contribute to the perfecting of the revolution, and the establishing of David as king over all Israel, does not appear; but, it should seem, that happy change followed presently thereupon, which in this chapter we have an account of. Here is, I. David anointed king by all the tribes, ver. 1-5 . II. Making himself master of the strong-hold of Zion, ver. 6-10 . III. Building himself a house and strengthening himself in his… Read the whole commentary →