1 Chronicles 11:1

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Summary

1 Chronicles 11:1

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

All israel

1 Chronicles 12:23

2 Samuel 5:1

Hebron

Behold

Ephesians 5:30

Bible References

All israel

The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul's place, in accordance with the Lord's decree:

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood!

Hebron

When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Afterward David inquired of the Lord, "Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" The Lord told him, "Go up." David asked, "Where should I go?" The Lord replied, "To Hebron."

Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, "When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume that Absalom rules in Hebron."

David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

Behold

Then Laban said to him, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king -- you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.

"Tell all the leaders of Shechem this: 'Why would you want to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal's sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.'"

You are my brothers -- my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?'

for we are members of his body.