1 Chronicles 11:2
And heretofore when Saul was king, thou wast he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a ruler over Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
1And all Israel came to David in Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.
1 Samuel 18:13And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
2 Samuel 7:7wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?
Isaiah 40:11He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Jeremiah 3:15and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:2-10
David's Accession to the Throne. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord ; and… Read the whole commentary →