Parallel Verses
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}.
New American Standard Bible
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
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
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.
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;
Themes
Government » Mosaic » Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » David crowned king of israel at
Interlinear
References
Easton
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Anointed As King Over All Of Israel
1 So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we [are], {we are your flesh and blood}. 2 {For some time}, when Saul was king over us, {you were leading Israel in and out}. Yahweh had said to you, 'You shall be the shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be the leader over Israel.'"
Cross References
1 Chronicles 11:1-3
Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones.
2 Samuel 19:13
To Amasa you shall say: '[Are] you not my bones and my flesh? {May God punish me} if you [are] not the commander of my army before me forever, in place of Joab.'"
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, "Surely you [are] my flesh and my bone!" And he stayed with him a month.
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."
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.
Hebrews 2:14
Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these [same things], in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,