Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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 came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

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

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

חברון 
Chebrown 
Usage: 71

עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Anointing Of David As King

1 Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 And moreover yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Saul was king, it was thou that led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD thy God hath said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 29:14

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Numbers 13:22

And they ascended by the Negev and came unto Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Deuteronomy 17:15

Thou shalt surely appoint as king over thee the one whom the LORD thy God shall choose; one from among thy brethren shalt thou set as king over thee; thou may not set a stranger over thee, who is not thy brother.

Judges 9:2

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, What would seem better unto you, that seventy persons reign over you, all the sons of Jerubbaal; or that one reign over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 2:1

And it came to pass after this that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

2 Samuel 5:1-16

Then all the tribes of Israel came unto David in Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 15:10

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the shofar, then ye shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.

2 Samuel 19:12-13

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh; why then are ye 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 he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 12:23-40

And this is the number of the heads of those that were ready armed for war and came to David in Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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