Parallel Verses
NET Bible
All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood!
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones.
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.
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 All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood! 2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel's commanding general. The Lord your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.'"
Cross References
Genesis 29:14
Then Laban said to him, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." So Jacob stayed with him for a month.
Numbers 13:22
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.)
Deuteronomy 17:15
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.
Judges 9:2
"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.'"
2 Samuel 2:1
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."
2 Samuel 5:1-16
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood!
2 Samuel 15:10
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."
2 Samuel 19:12-13
You are my brothers -- my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?'
1 Kings 2:11
David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.
1 Chronicles 12:23-40
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:
Ephesians 5:30
for we are members of his body.