1 Chronicles 11:1
Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “We are your bone and your flesh.
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Numbers 13:22And when they had ascended, they explored the land from the desert of Sin, all the way to Rehob, as one enters into Hamath.
Judges 9:2“Speak to all the men of Shechem: Which is better for you: that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And consider also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 19:12You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why are you the last to lead back the king?’
1 Chronicles 12:23Now this is the number of the leaders of the army who went to David when he was at Hebron, so that they might transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, in accord with the word of the Lord:
Ephesians 5:30For we are a part 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 →