2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

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

In Context

2In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

Judges 9:2Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

1 Chronicles 11:1Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

1 Chronicles 12:24There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;

Hebrews 2:14And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;

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 →

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