Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Holman Bible
All Israel
International Standard Version
Later on, all of Israel gathered together at Hebron in order to tell David, "Look, we're your own flesh and blood!
A Conservative Version
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
American Standard Version
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Amplified
Bible in Basic English
Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
Darby Translation
And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Julia Smith Translation
And all Israel will gather together to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we thy bone and thy flesh.
King James 2000
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
Modern King James verseion
And all Israel gathered to David, to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, and said, "See, we be thy bones and thy flesh.
NET Bible
All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood!
New Heart English Bible
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
The Emphasized Bible
Then did all Israel gather themselves together to David, unto Hebron, saying, - Lo! thy bone and thy flesh, are we.
Webster
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
World English Bible
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh are we;
Interlinear
Qabats
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 11:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Anointing Of David As King
1 Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones. 2 {For some time now}, even when Saul was king, you were {the one who led the army of Israel in battle}. And Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel and will be leader over my people Israel.'"
Cross References
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, "Surely you [are] my flesh and my bone!" And he stayed with him a month.
Numbers 13:22
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the descendants of the Anakites [were]. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan [in] Egypt.)
Deuteronomy 17:15
indeed, you may set a king over you whom Yahweh your God will choose, from the midst of your countrymen you must set a king over you; you are not allowed to appoint over you a man, a foreigner, who [is] not your countryman.
Judges 9:2
"{Speak to} the lords of Shechem, 'What [is] better for you, that seventy men all from the sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember that I [am] your bone and your flesh."
2 Samuel 2:1
It happened after this that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah?" And Yahweh said to him, "Go up." David asked, "Where shall I go up?" And he said, "To Hebron."
2 Samuel 5:1-16
So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we [are], {we are your flesh and blood}.
2 Samuel 15:10
Then Absalom sent scouts throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "When you hear the sound of the trumpet, you shall shout 'Absalom has become king in Hebron!'"
2 Samuel 19:12-13
My brothers, you [are] my bones and you [are] my flesh. Why should you be the last to bring back the king?'
1 Kings 2:11
The days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 12:23-40
And these are the numbers of the chiefs of those prepared for the army who came to David at Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him according to the word of Yahweh.
Ephesians 5:30
because we are members of his body.