Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. New Living Translation Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood. English Standard Version Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. Berean Standard Bible Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. King James Bible Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. New King James Version Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh. New American Standard Bible Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. NASB 1995 Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. NASB 1977 Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. Legacy Standard Bible Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. Amplified Bible Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. Christian Standard Bible All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. American Standard Version Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Contemporary English Version Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, "We are your relatives, English Revised Version Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. GOD'S WORD® Translation All Israel gathered around David at Hebron. "We are your own flesh and blood," they said. Good News Translation All the people of Israel went to David at Hebron and said to him, "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! Majority Standard Bible Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, ?Here we are, your own flesh and blood. 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 together to David at Hebron, saying, "Look, we are your bone and your flesh. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd all Israel is gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh; Young's Literal Translation And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh are we; Smith's Literal Translation And all Israel will gather together to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we thy bone and thy flesh. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThen all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. Catholic Public Domain Version Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “We are your bone and your flesh. New American Bible Then all Israel gathered around David in Hebron, and they said: “Look! We are your bone and your flesh. New Revised Standard Version Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “See, we are your bone and flesh. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTHEN all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your blood and your flesh always; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all the children of Israel assembled to David at Khebron, and they were saying to him: “We are your blood and your flesh! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Brenton Septuagint Translation And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David Anointed King over Israel1Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. 2Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’ ”… Cross References 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. / Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” / So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” / “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ / Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.” ... 2 Samuel 2:4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.” 2 Samuel 3:17-21 Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. / Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’” / Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin. ... 1 Kings 2:11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles 12:23-40 Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD: / From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears. / From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle. ... 1 Chronicles 10:14 and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. 1 Chronicles 17:7 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. 1 Chronicles 28:4 Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel. 2 Samuel 7:8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. 2 Samuel 23:1-3 These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel: / The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue. / The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God, Psalm 78:70-72 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; / from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. / So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands. Matthew 1:1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 22:42-45 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. / Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: / ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ ... Luke 1:32-33 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” Treasury of Scripture Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. Hebron Numbers 13:22 And they ascended by 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.) 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, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 2 Samuel 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. Behold 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 in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. Judges 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. Jump to Previous Assembled Blood Bone David Flesh Gathered Hebron Israel Themselves TogetherJump to Next Assembled Blood Bone David Flesh Gathered Hebron Israel Themselves Together1 Chronicles 11 1. David Becomes King over All Israel4. Jerusalem 10. David's Mighty Men Then all Israel This phrase signifies a moment of national unity and collective decision-making. The term "all Israel" encompasses the twelve tribes, indicating a significant gathering of the entire nation. Historically, this reflects a pivotal moment when the tribes, previously divided under Saul's reign, come together to acknowledge David's leadership. The Hebrew root for "Israel" (יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yisra'el) means "God prevails," underscoring the divine orchestration in uniting the people under David, a man after God's own heart. came together to David at Hebron and said Here we are, your own flesh and blood (1) Then all Israel gathered themselves.--Literally, and. "Then" is too definite a mark of time. The chronicler passes over the subsequent history of the house of Saul, and its decline under the feeble Ishbosheth, who reigned at Mahanaim as a puppet-king in the hands of Abner his powerful kinsman and general (2 Samuel 2-4). All Israel.--This proves that the allusion is not to David's election by Judah (2Samuel 2:4). Hebron, the burial-place of the patriarchs, was the capital of Judah, the tribe of David. Thy bone and thy flesh.--A proverb first of physical, then of moral unity (Genesis 2:23; Judges 9:2). It was not as if David were some valiant foreigner, like certain of his own heroes. Moreover, the affection and sympathy of the tribes were with him, whose life of struggle and success had marked him out as their divinely chosen leader. . . . Verse 1. - Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the people, exclusive of Judah (2 Samuel 2:8-10). Already David had been anointed at Hebron by "the men of Judah, king over the house of Judah" (2 Samuel 2:1-4). And David continued "king in Hebron over the house of Judah seven years and six months" (2 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 3:4). Notice the agreement of this date with the account of the six sons born to David in Hebron (2 Samuel 3:2-5). The explanation of the chronology for Ishbosheth affecting this period is not easy. It is said that he reigned over Israel "two years" (2 Samuel 2:10). Where was the difference of five and a half years lost? Our first verse here, with its apparently emphatic then (comp. 2 Samuel 5:1), would seem to make it very unlikely that it was lost between the death of Ishbosheth and the kingship of David over "all the tribes of Israel" together with Judah. On the other hand, the interval in question might find its account in the "long war (2 Samuel 3:1, 6, 17-21) between the house of Saul and the house of David." There is, however, still possible the supposition that the historian intends to give the intrinsically correct facts of the case, and means that, what with delay before getting the adhesion of the people to Ishbosheth, and what with the early decay of his sovereign power, he could not be said to have reigned more than two years. This verse, then, shows that the history proper of Chronicles purports to begin from the time of David's rule over the entire and united people, at the exact date of seven and a half years after Saul's death, while no mention is here made of his intermediate partial rule over Judah, or of Ishbosheth's temporary rule over Benjamin and Israel. All Israel; i.e. "all the tribes of Israel" (2 Samuel 5:1), by their representatives, "the elders of Israel" (2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:3; as well as our ver. 3). The first nine verses of this chapter cover the same ground as the first ten verses of 2 Samuel 5. Unto Hebron. We learn how David came to be here from 2 Samuel 2:1. "And it came to pass after this" (i.e. after David's "lamentation over Saul and Jonathan") "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, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron." Hebron was the "earliest seat of civilized life, not of Judah only, but of all Palestine." It and Bethlehem are two of the most special memorials of David. An interesting sketch of the topography and natural features of this place, and a succinct Biblical history of it in Stanley's 'Sinai and Palestine,' p. 164 (edit. 1866), from which comes the following quotation: - "Hebron, according to the Jewish tradition, was the primeval city of the vine. Its name indicates community or society. It was the ancient city of Ephron the Hittite, in whose gate he and the elders received the offer of Abraham, when as yet no other fixed habitation of man was known in central Palestine. It was the first home of Abraham and the patriarchs; their own permanent resting-place when they were gradually exchanging the pastoral for the agricultural life. In its neighbourhood can be traced, by a continuous tradition, the site of the venerable tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and of the double cavern in which he and his family were deposited and perhaps still remain. It was the city of Arba, the old Canaanite chief, with his three giant sons, under whose walls the trembling spies stole through the land by the adjacent valley of Eshcoh Here Caleb chose his portion when, at the head of his valiant tribe, he drove out the old inhabitants, and called the whole surrounding territory after his own name; and here the tribe of Judah always rallied, when it asserted its independent existence against the rest of the Israelite nation. It needs but few words to give the secret of this early selection, of this long continuance of the metropolitan city of Judah. Every traveller from the desert must have been struck by the sight of that pleasant vale, with its orchards and vineyards and numberless wells, and we must add, in earlier times, the groves of terebinths and oaks which then attracted from far the eye of the wandering tribes. This fertility was in part owing to its elevation into the cooler and the more watered region above the dry and withered valleys of the rest of Judaea - and commanding this fertile valley, rose Hebron, on its crested hill." Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. This is a figurative expression, the pedigree and lineage of which it is interesting to note (see 2 Samuel 19:12; Judges 9:2; Genesis 29:14; Genesis 2:23). The highest service to which it was promoted may be said to be reached, however, in Ephesians 5:30.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then allכָֽל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc came together וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ (way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6908: To gather, collect to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to David דָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse at Hebron חֶבְר֣וֹנָה (ḥeḇ·rō·w·nāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2275: Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah and said, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “Here הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! we [are], אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃ (’ă·nā·ḥə·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We your own flesh וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ (ū·ḇə·śā·rə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man and blood. עַצְמְךָ֥ (‘aṣ·mə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame Links 1 Chronicles 11:1 NIV1 Chronicles 11:1 NLT 1 Chronicles 11:1 ESV 1 Chronicles 11:1 NASB 1 Chronicles 11:1 KJV 1 Chronicles 11:1 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 11:1 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 11:1 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 11:1 French Bible 1 Chronicles 11:1 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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