1 Chronicles 11:1

And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are your bones and your flesh.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

2And heretofore when Saul was king, you were he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be for a ruler over Israel.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:22And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.

Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 19:12You⌃ are my brethren, you⌃ are my bones and my flesh: why are you⌃ the last to bring back the king to his house?

1 Chronicles 12:23And these are the names of the commanders of the army, who came to David to Chebron, 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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