Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

International Standard Version

After this, all of the tribes of Israel assembled with David at Hebron and declared, "Look, we're your own flesh and blood!

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Bible in Basic English

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And all the tribes of Israel will come to David to Hebron, and they will say, saying, Behold us thy bone and thy flesh.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we [are], {we are your flesh and blood}.

Modern King James verseion

And all the tribes of Israel came to David, to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and said, "See, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Youngs Literal Translation

And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, 'Lo, we are thy bone and thy flesh;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

all the tribes
שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

to David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

חברון 
Chebrown 
Usage: 71

and spake

Usage: 0

עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

References

Context Readings

David Anointed As King Over All Of Israel

1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 And even yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.


Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:1-3

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

2 Samuel 19:13

Likewise say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone and of my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the place of Joab.

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.

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.

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.

Hebrews 2:14

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the empire of death, that is, the devil,

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