Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
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.
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
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 themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said unto you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
Cross References
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Numbers 13:22
And they ascended through the South, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Deuteronomy 17:15
You shall surely set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, who is not your brother.
Judges 9:2
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, 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 inquired 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 came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 15:10
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.
2 Samuel 19:12-13
You are my brethren, you are my bones and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?
1 Kings 2:11
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 12:23-40
And these are the numbers of the men that were ready armed for war, and came to David to 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.