1 Chronicles 11:1

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD thy God said unto thee: Thou shalt feed My people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over My people Israel.'

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Cross References

Numbers 13:22And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. — Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. —

Judges 9:2'Speak, 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 threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'

2 Samuel 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 19:12(19-13) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?

1 Chronicles 12:23(12-24) And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

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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