1 Chronicles 11:1

All the Israelites gathered to meet with David in Hebron. They told him, “We are your flesh and blood.

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In The King James Version

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

In Context

2In recent times, even though Saul was king, you were the real leader of Israel. The Lord your God told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people, and you will be the leader of my people Israel.’”

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Cross References

Numbers 13:22They went through the Negev and arrived in Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. This town was built seven years before the Egyptian town of Zoan.

Judges 9:2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘What's best for you? That seventy men, all of them Jerub-baal's sons, rule over you—or just one man?’ Remember I'm your own flesh and blood!”

2 Samuel 5:1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your flesh and blood.

2 Samuel 19:12You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. Why should you be the last ones to want to bring the king back?’

1 Chronicles 12:23This is a list of the numbers of armed warriors who came and joined David in Hebron to turn over Saul's kingdom to him, as the Lord had said.

Ephesians 5:30for we are parts of his body.

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 →

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