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David Anointed King of All Israel

1 Chronicles 11:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
KJV
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
WEB
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
ASV
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
LSV
And all Israel is gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh;
YLT
And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh [are] we;
DBY
And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
DRC
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.
GNV
Then all Israel gathered themselues to Dauid vnto Hebron, saying, Beholde, we are thy bones and thy flesh.
JPS
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
LXXE
And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־דָּוִ֖יד חֶבְר֣וֹנָה לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֛ה עַצְמְךָ֥ וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦλθε πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Δαυὶδ ἐν Χεβρὼν, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ ὀστᾶ σου καὶ σάρκες σου ἡμεῖς,

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  • Genesis 29:14Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
  • 2 Samuel 5:1–16Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to…
  • Deuteronomy 17:15you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
  • 2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
  • Judges 9:2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
  • 1 Kings 2:11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:23–40Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD: From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears. From…
  • Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
  • 2 Samuel 19:12–13You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’ And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not…
  • Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
  • 2 Samuel 2:1Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

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