2 Samuel 5:1
And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
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Genesis 29:14he responded, “You are my bone and my flesh.” And after the days of one month were completed,
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 19:13And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do these things, and may he add these other things, if you will not be the leader of the military in my sight, for all time, in the place of Joab.’”
1 Chronicles 11:1Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “We are your bone and your flesh.
1 Chronicles 12:24the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred, equipped for battle;
Hebrews 2:14Therefore, because children have a common flesh and blood, he himself also, in like manner, has shared in the same, so that through death, he might destroy him who held the dominion of death, 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 →